This program reveals the unorthodox life of Puyi, the last Emperor of China, through the use of rare footage from the period. Puyi's story, set against the immense luxury of the Chinese nobility, the decadent 1930s in Tianjin, the upheaval of World War II, the bleakness of prison, plus the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, reflects the turbulent history of China and its people during the early and middle 20th Century.
Aisin-Gioro Puyi
Himself (archive footage)
David Ritchie
Narrator (voice)
Liang Joo Leow
Puyi / Additional Voices (voice)
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Rafa86%
How Do They Do It?76%
Baseball75%
The Story of Film: An Odyssey77%
Earth at Night in Colour81%
Leaving Neverland64%
Natural World74%
The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy74%
NOVA70%
Doctor Who Confidential81%
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II69%
Planet Earth III85%
Prehistoric Planet83%
Life on Our Planet80%
30 for 3075%
Nature79%
Captains of the World85%
Horizon73%
