Other Titles • The Last Emperor • Der Letzte Kaiser (1987)
Trivia from The Last Emperor (1987)
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Most critics agreed that this film contained one of the most lavish production designs in cinema history. Many of the costumes were Chinese originals, and the estimated budget was $25 million.
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A longer director's cut of THE LAST EMPEROR was released in the United States in 1998.
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This was Bertolucci's first film since TRAGEDY OF A RIDICUCLOUS MAN (1981), and it ended his six-year hiatus from directing.
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Bertolucci shot the film on location, and the Chinese government allowed him to film in the Forbidden City, which for years had been closed to tourists and non-Chinese, and which had never before been filmed.
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The film premiered on the closing night of the Tokyo International Film Festival, October 4, 1987.
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