Overview

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.

Cast

Xie Yuan, Xuewen Yang, Shaohua Chen, Caimei Zhang, Xu Guoqing, Gu Changwei

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What is "King of the Children" about?

An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is laboring in the countryside when he is assigned to teach in a nearby school. Gradually, he abandons the Maoist textbook and encourages the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings.

When was "King of the Children" released?

King of the Children was released in 1987.

Who stars in "King of the Children"?

The cast includes Xie Yuan, Xuewen Yang, Shaohua Chen, Caimei Zhang.