Synopsis
It is 1940. Chuchu and Luo Xiaoman are Chinese students who have been sent to study in Moscow, at the international school. She is 13; he is 12. Xiaoman is from Yanan, Mao's base after the long march; Chuchu had seen her father executed by Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang. The youngsters fit in well and learn to speak Russian. A large group of students, including Chuchu, leave for summer camp in Byelorussia accompanied by their teacher, Miss Vera. Xiaoman remains behind. The Germans invade the Soviet Union but Moscow remains unoccupied. Xiaoman takes a job delivering condolence letters to soldiers' families. At one apartment, he finds a mother has died and her very young daughter, Nadia, has not realized it. The summer camp is occupied by Germans and Miss Vera is murdered. One of the Soviet boys, Carl, is half-German, and helps the others escape but they are quickly recaptured. Chuchu and several other students are sent by Gen. von Dietrich to work as servants at German headquarters in the Yakovliv Monastery. The general is also a medical doctor with a peculiar hobby, tattooing.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
4.3%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
9.6%
Critic Consensus
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Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic scoreN/A
RT critic review count3
Rotten Tomatoes audience score100.0
RT audience rating count25
IMDb rating7.0
IMDb votes772
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1997 | $44,846 | $87,652 |
| International | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1997 | $44,846 | $87,652 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1997 | $22,423 | $43,826 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1997 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1997 | $1,481,000 | $2,894,640 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1997 | $1,978,000 | $3,866,035 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1997 | $75,000 | $146,589 |
| Total Revenues | 1997 | $3,556,423 | $6,951,089 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1997 | $250,000 (est) | $488,629 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1997 | $80,000 (est) | $156,361 (est) |
| Participations | 1997 | $142,000 | $277,541 |
| Residuals ? | 1997 | $251,000 | $490,584 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1997 | $50,000 | $97,726 |
| Total Expenses | 1997 | $773,000 | $1,510,842 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1997 | $2,783,423 | $5,440,248 |
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- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $1,947,000, DVD $31,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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