Movielogr
The Ditch (2010)
Directed by Wang Bing
Overview
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were “rightist elements”. The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
Length 112 minutes
Actors
Zhengwu Cheng | Niansong Jing | Xiangnian Li | Renjun Lian | Ye Lu | Cenzi Xu | Haoyu Yang | Jieleu Wan | Li Daguang | Wang Dayuan | Liming Lei | Li Jia Qi | Zi Feng | Guangcheng Yuan | Xiaoyu Tian | Gaoli Qi | Xingfa Zhao | Wenyi Chen | Guofeng Jiao | Guangzheng Zhang | Lei He | Xiandong He | Wei Wang | Junpeng Hup