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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 603

Poor Daddy

192971 minChina

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Chinese.
This copy runs: 71:25
Subtitles: Subtitles embedded in the picture

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Synopsis

A timid father and his young son live under the thumb of a domineering second wife. When her lover commits a crime and tries to make the husband take the blame, the boy must act. Domestic slapstick gives way to a rescue adventure in which the smallest member of the family proves the most resourceful.

Cast

Zhang Zhede

Liu Jiqun

Xu Jingzhen

Hong Jingling

DirectorsYang Xiaozhong

Behind the scenes

The original English title is Poor Daddy; the film is also known as The Heroic Son. Its bilingual title cards and elaborate physical stunts connect family melodrama with the international vocabulary of silent comedy.

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Chinese Film Classics Wikimedia Commons · copyright reference China · Copyright Law, Article 23 US Copyright Office · foreign works Internet Archive · film copy Wikimedia Commons · film copy

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Availability checked on September 11, 2026.

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