Starring: Tian Hua, Zhu Shimao, Gaowa Siqin and Yu Xia.
A few days ago, the TV series "Kite Flying Over National Borders" jointly produced by Tianjin North Film Group, Shandong Shouguang Municipal Committee Propaganda Department and British Lidier Culture Media Company held a launching ceremony in Shouguang. The play is set in the legendary life of famous international friend Li. After Qiao Xue, a generation of chivalrous women, saved more than 2,000 overseas Chinese in Weifang, the main line will be opened, and prehistoric stories unknown 70 years ago will be informed to the audience.
It is no accident that Tianjin, Shouguang and London co-produced TV series, because Eric Li, a famous international friend, was born in Tianjin and grew up in London, and eventually died in Weifang (Shouguang). Speaking of Li Jiaxiang, many viewers may not be familiar with it, but the movie Chariot of Fire, which depicts him winning the Olympic gold medal, was a great success.
Because of his high esteem, he won four awards at the 54th Oscar Film Festival: best film, best homemade script, best costume design and best homemade music. Eric Lee's English name is Eric Henry Liddell. 1902, Li was born in Tianjin Doctor Ma Hospital. His parents are Scottish. His father Li and Mary Leiden got married in Shanghai and moved to Tianjin. Eric Li played football in a small open-air stadium in London Municipal Hospital (now around Tianjin Stomatological Hospital) when he was a child, and he was endowed with sports talent from an early age. 1924, in the 200m final of the 8th Olympic Games in Paris, he won a bronze medal in 2 1.9 seconds and won the 400m final. The time of 47.6 seconds broke the Olympic record and international record of men's 400 meters. This pre-history was put on the screen, and Chariot of Fire became a classic in the history of international movies. 1925, he resolutely left the sports world, gave up the generous conditions and treatment in Europe, returned to his birthplace in Tianjin, and began his teaching career for nearly 20 years. After the Pacific War, seven international friends, including Eric Lee, were placed under house arrest by the Japanese army in Huijiying, Weifang. During his house arrest, Li Jiaxiang overcame various difficulties, persisted in running schools and trained a large number of talents. 1945, Eric Li died of a brain tumor in Huijiying. According to WangZhifei, the producer of the drama, "Tianjin North Film Group has long planned to put this unknown pre-history on the screen, but it failed for various reasons. The Olympic Games to be held in London next year gives us a precious opportunity. The first half of the story "Kite Crossing the National Border" depicts Qiao Xue's patriotic feelings, and the second half will focus on the story that she rescued more than 2,000 patriotic friends in Huijiying, the garrison. The play was supported by the Propaganda Department of Shouguang Municipal Committee, which enabled us to shoot on the spot in the original site of Huijiying in Weifang. British Lidier Culture Media Company is a media company named after Eric Li. They will serve as the overseas distribution of the play and compete for the film of the play to be broadcast at the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games. "
"Kite Crossing National Borders" will be broadcast early next year, with Shu Shichun as the director. He said: "At present, the play is still in the process of script revision. The main creative formation is Three Generations of Contact, and Tian Hua, Zhu Shimao (Weibo), Gaowa Siqin and Yu Xia (Weibo) will all take photos."