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Released
2004 · FILM

The World

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
140 min
Language
ZH
Drama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

In Beijing World Park—a themed attraction that combines elements of Las Vegas and Epcot Center and allows visitors to experience replicas of famous international monuments without leaving the city’s suburbs—a security guard betrays his dancer girlfriend by pursuing another woman.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Jinlei KongShot by Nelson Lik Wai YuScored by Giong LimDesigned by Li Zhong Wu

Also known as

  • Welt Park Pekingde
  • The Worlden
  • Shijiees
  • The World - Shijieit
  • Shijiezh

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