- Country: China
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1987 (China), 1988 (Cannes Film Festival), 1989-03-17 (Sweden), 1991-05-03 (Finland)
- Director: Chen Kaige
- Writers: Cheng Ah , Chen Kaige , Jianjun He
- Language: Mandarin
- Stars: Yuan Xie , Xuewen Yang , Shaohua Chen (I) , Caimei Zhang , Guoqing Xu , Bo Gao (V) , Changwei Gu , Jianjun He , Tianxi Jia , Gang Le
- Runtime: 106 min
- Awards: 4 wins & 3 nominations
- AKA: El rey de los niños (Spain) , King of the Children (United States of America) , Hai zi wang , Lasten kuningas (Finland) , Barnens kung (Sweden) , 孩子王 (China) , Le roi des enfants (France, French Republic) , O Rei das Crianças (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , King of the Children , Król dzieci (Poland) , O Rei das Crianças (Brazil) , Barnas konge (Norway) , 子供たちの王様 (Japan)El rey de los niños, Hai zi wang, King of the Children, Król dzieci, Lasten kuningas, Le roi des enfants, O Rei das Crianças, 子供たちの王様, 孩子王
- Plot:
During the Cultural Revolution, an unschooled young man is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education.
- IMDB:tt0093133
King of the Children Cast · · · ALL
Chen Kaige
Director
Yuan Xie
Lao Gar
Xuewen Yang
Wang Fu
Shaohua Chen
(I)
Headmaster Chen
Caimei Zhang
Laidi
Guoqing Xu
Lao Hei
Changwei Gu
Secretary Wu