Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain (1985)
Genre : Drama, War
Runtime : 2H 20M
Director : Xie Jin
Synopsis
Wreaths at the Foot of the Mountain is a 1984 Chinese film about the life of the soldiers in a PLA army company before, during and after the Sino-Vietnamese War.
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