(One of) my favorite historical movie

The last Emperor was directed by the famous film-maker: Bernado Bertolucci in 1987. It's a Italo-sino- british production.The movie is set in China. Principally based on the autobiography of  Puyi, the last emperor of China. It covers a period from 1908 when his coronation took place at the age of 3 to his death at 62 years old. The tragedy began when he was inhumanly separated from his mother to become the emperor.In 1912 the Republic of China was proclaimed by Sun Yat-sen and Puyi was just authorized to keep his title as a symbol, without any power, captured within the 'golden-cage' of his stunning palace called " the forbidden city" where he grew up ignoring everything about the outside world.He received a western education through his Scottish teacher: Reginald Johnston ( performed by the great peter O'Toole) who, later, wrote a famous historical book ; twilight in the Forbidden city.Puyi had hardly try to change protocole and rules but to no avail. In 1925, Tchang Kai-chek overthrew the government and China sank into turmoil. Puyi coped with deportation, he had a superficial life during some years in Tianjin, occupied at this time by the japonese forces. He decided to be allied with the japonese.Naïve, Puyi realised too late that he was manipulated for strategical purposes. He was arrested by the soviet forces in 1945 and released to China authorities in 1950, then jailed in a re-education prison by the communism government where he had to confess his faults. After 10 years, in1959,he was finally released et became a gardener.
This movie is one of the greatest I've seen  due to stunning sceneries, particularly: architecture, costumes, hairdressing, music and an introduction to Chinese culture and history, events which took place during world war 2 ( opposed forces and points of view). That is also a personal, deeply sad history whose principal lesson is that conflicts or revolution generate atrocities, massive abominations to humankind.