The astonishing destiny of General Luo

The astonishing destiny of General Luo

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 2004

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

L'étonnant destin du général Luo

Production Companies

France 5, Zoulou Compagnie

Director

Emmanuel Amara

Description

Born in Austria in 1903, Jacob Rosenfeld was imprisoned in Dachau. He manages to flee and takes refuge in Shanghai, like 30,000 other people. He exercised his profession there and sought to get involved in 1941 alongside the revolutionaries of the Chinese Communist Party. Rosenfeld becomes a surgeon on the war front between China and Japan. Thanks to his talents as a doctor and an organizer, he soon became close to Mao Tsé-Toung. In 1945, he was appointed general, responsible for the health of the armies and the entire liberated area. He is now called General Luo. Later, he became the Minister of Health of the first communist government. Thanks to his journal found in 2001, this documentary traces its extraordinary destiny.