
Aaron Kwok
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Hao Lei
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Hao Lei, Jennifer Tilly
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Hao Lei, Aaron Kwok
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Heizi, Hao Lei , Zhang Tielin, Shi Dasheng, Zhang Xin Si Yu, Aaron Kwok
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Shi Xiaoman, Heizi, Shi Dasheng, Zhang Tielin, Aaron Kwok, King Shih Chieh, Hou Tongjiang, Lei Zhenyu
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special

Christina Yao
Baiyin Diguo | Empire Of Silver by Christina Yao
HKG/CHN 2009, Berlinale Special
The film begins in 1899. A carefree, hedonistic young man is next in line to inherit a banking empire which has hitherto meant very little to him. However, following a tragic abduction, of which his sister-in-law was the victim, this ‘third man’ reluctantly bows to his authoritative father’s iron will.
Keen to prepare his offspring for the time when he will take over his financial conglomerate, this powerful banker, Kang, is determined to turn his son into as ruthless a businessman as himself. However, his idealistic son has always called into question his father’s high-handed style of leadership and hard-nosed business principles. The tense relationship between the two men is put under additional strain on account of Kang junior’s undying love for his beautiful young step-mother. She was the first and only love of his life – before his father stole her from him. It is time for him to decide whether he will take the path his father trod before him or whether he will make his own way in life …
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Lei Zhenyu, Ding Zhicheng, Christina Yao, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Tielin
Premiere of the Berlinale Special Baiyin Diguo im Cinema Paris: the actfors Lei Zhenyu, Ding Zhicheng, Aaron Kwok and Zhang Tielin with director Christina Yao in the middle.
Baiyin Diguo · Berlinale Special · Feb 12, 2009

Ding Zhicheng, Christina Yao, Thomas Hailer
Berlinale programme manager Thomas Hailer welcomes director Christina Yao in front of the Cinema Paris for the Berlinale Special screening of Baiyin Diguo. Left: actor Ding Zhicheng.
Baiyin Diguo · Berlinale Special · Feb 12, 2009

Aaron Kwok
Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok being interviewed in front of the Cinema Paris.
Baiyin Diguo · Berlinale Special · Feb 12, 2009

Young fans in front of the Cinema Paris
Young fans at the premiere of Baiyin Diguo.
Baiyin Diguo · Berlinale Special · Feb 12, 2009