Breaking with Old Ideas

The film tells the story of the Communist Labour College that opened in the 1960s. Long Guozheng, an emissary from the Communist government and Li Jinfeng, a female peasant student, must fight against the school's more conservative elements. In the film's climax, Li is put on trial and is about to be expelled from the school when she is saved by a pronouncement from Chairman Mao himself.

• Li WenhuaDirector
• Jie ZhouWriter
• Chiu ChunScreenplay

• Zhenqing GuoLong Guozheng
• Wang SuyaLi Jinfeng
• Wen XiyingDeputy Secretary Tang
• Ge CunzhuangSun Ziqing
• Zhang ZhengOld Representative
• Xu ZhanXu Niuzai
• Hou GuanqunYu Gang
• Hong XiangCao Xiaomei
• Jian LiGranny
• Zhou SenguanUncle Zhang
• Li LianshengYang Zhihao
• Antai LiuTeacher Gao