The Railway Guerrillas tells the story of a real-life "special force", the Railway Guerrillas, who fought to the death against the Japanese and the hypocrites by virtue of the railroad network and the special topography of the trains, and who made many remarkable achievements in the anti-Japanese war, which made the Japanese invaders scared and afraid to fight against them.
Even this small force of less than 300 people has been appreciated by their superiors, who have repeatedly assigned important tasks to the railroad guerrillas, most of which are to secretly escort the transfer of important national leaders and the transportation of medicines and weapons and other classified tasks by virtue of their concealment and convenience.
The movie "Railway Guerrillas" is the earliest batch of films on the subject of combat history undertaken by Shanghai Film Studio since the founding of New China. In order to truly restore this historical story, they strive to achieve the real scene reproduction, but due to the lack of material resources at that time, the rudimentary means of filming, which made the movie difficult to produce.
But even so, the filming team succeeded in making this masterpiece in a very short time, and it was loved by the whole country once it was released.
After the release of the movie, the director and the filming team gave many interviews to the national media, talking a lot about the dangers and hardships of filming at that time, and the audience realized that there were so many stories behind the screen. According to several leading actors, they often had to move from the train during the shooting, and it was a problem for the average person to stand up on the extremely fast-moving train, but they also had to jump up and down, say their lines over and over again, and complete the required actions, so it was clear that these honorable old artists were facing life-threatening situations at any time at that time.
The final scene of Captain Liu Hong's rescue of Mrs. Fanglin on horseback was one of the most tense and exciting scenes of the movie, and the director asked Cao to cross the railroad in front of the locomotive at the moment when the train was about to arrive. Cao Huichu practiced countless times for this scene, not only to ensure his own safety, but also to show this thrilling scene in its entirety. When the final scene was successfully shot, the entire cast and crew erupted in applause to celebrate another difficult moment.
Now that Cao Huiqu has left us forever, the youngest trumpet player in the troop devoted his life to literature and art, organizing many singing programs and cultural performances in the troop, which were very appealing. As Qin Yi, a veteran artist of the troupe, said, "Comrade Cao Huichu is a decent and helpful person with strong organizational skills, so everyone is willing to follow him and feel solid in their hearts."
Overall, the movie's documentary is very strong, not exaggerated or adapted, and almost 100% restored several major battles of the railroad guerrillas,although not as exciting as modern films in the war scenes of the set, but it can be seen that the team's heart and sincerity, many years later, as a peaceful era, we are still worth It's still worth watching and reminiscing about.
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