The Black Cannon Incident (1985)

7.6/10 99 min Drama Comedy

Overview

A mining engineer acting as a technical translator is suspected of industrial espionage after sending an innocent telegram that is intercepted by a militant snoop. Placed under investigation and reassigned to a less sensitive department, but never informed of the reason for his demotion, he petitions to get his job back, sparking an increasingly obtuse series of Party meetings.

Cast

Liu Zifeng

Zhao Shuxin

Gao Ming

Li Renzhong

Yang Fengliang

Chen Hao-xiang

Wang Yi

Zhou Yuzhen

Xie Wei

Liu Yumei

Gerhard Olschewski

Hans Schmidt

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