''A Wedding in the Dream'' () is a 1948 Chinese

Peking opera Peking opera, or Beijing opera (), is the most dominant form of Chinese opera, which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and acrobatics. It arose in Beijing in the mid-Qing dynasty (1644–1912) and became fully developed and recognize ...

film directed by

Fei Mu Fei Mu (October 10, 1906 — January 31, 1951), also romanised as Fey Mou, was a Cinema of China, Chinese film director of the pre-Communist era. His ''Spring in a Small Town'' (1948) was declared the greatest Chinese film ever made by the Hong ...

and generally considered China's first

color film Color photography is photography that uses media capable of capturing and reproducing colors. By contrast, black-and-white or gray-monochrome photography records only a single channel of luminance (brightness) and uses media capable only of ...

.Zhang, p. 101 It starred and was co-written by

Mei Lanfang Mei Lan (22 October 1894 – 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for his female lead ...

, one of the century's best-known Chinese opera singers. The film is also known as ''Happiness Neither in Life Nor in Death'' and ''Remorse at Death''.

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References

* Zhang, Yingjin. ''Chinese National Cinema''. Routledge, 2004. .

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* Chinese musical films 1948 films Films directed by Fei Mu Peking opera films Films set in 12th-century Song dynasty 1940s Mandarin-language films {{China-film-stub