China Remembers 'Last Emperor' With Death of Director Bertolucci

This Oscar-winning biopic traces the life of Pu Yi, the last of the great emperors of China, from his ascent to the throne at age three, in 1908, to the

Big scenes recall the boy's first encounter with the Empress Dowager , his acclamation as emperor and something of his pampered, artificial

the myth After the empress dies, the child is crowned the new emperor This was shot in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City They didn't want to let us

then Aisin Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of China, has a sheltered upbringing till his world gets turned