Li Lianying, the Imperial Eunuch (1991)

Release Date:	1991, April 12
Directors:	Tian Zhuangzhuang
Countries:	China
Cast:	Jiang Wen, Xu Fan, Liu Xiaoqing, Liu Bin, Zhu Xu, Tian Shaojun

Overview:

Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime.