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Cast

Olivier Cruveiller

Olivier Cruveiller

Ling (voice)

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

L'empereur (voice)

Crew

René Laloux

René Laloux

Director

Marguerite Yourcenar

Marguerite Yourcenar

Novel

René Laloux

René Laloux

Adaptation

Michel Noll

Michel Noll

Producer

Evelyne Toledano

Evelyne Toledano

Executive Producer

Rolande Zuratas

Rolande Zuratas

Executive Producer

Alain Goraguer

Alain Goraguer

Original Music Composer

Gabriel Yared

Gabriel Yared

Original Music Composer

Christine Pansu

Christine Pansu

Editor

Philippe Caza

Philippe Caza

Production Design

Alain Garnier

Alain Garnier

Sound mixer

René Laloux

René Laloux

Screenplay

René Laloux

René Laloux

Writer

Philippe Caza

Philippe Caza

Art Direction

Philippe Caza

Philippe Caza

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How Wang-Fo Was Saved

19877.0 / 1015 min
Drama, Animation, Fantasy

Overview

Wang Fo, the greatest master of medieval China, aided by his assistant who has given up everything to follow him, desperately seeks aesthetic perfection. A day comes when he thinks he has achieved it. But his genius arouses both the curiosity and the jealousy of the Emperor. Wang Fo will be able to escape the Emperor's vindictiveness only by going to the limit of his talents.