| Director | Shui Hua |
|---|---|
| Country | People's Republic of China |
In late 1948, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) member Jiang is travelling to meet with a local guerilla band. She finds the head of her husband, a guerilla leader, hanging over a city wall and learns that he has been executed by the Kuomintang (KMT). Jiang decides to lead the band in his stead, but is captured after being betrayed. Also captured are several members of the city's CCP network, including its leader Xu Yunfeng. The communists are taken to a prison camp, where they are tortured. Jiang refuses to capitulate, thereby winning the respect of her fellow internees. Over time, the prisoners prepare for a mass escape, which is launched even after the KMT execute Jiang and Xu. Some are successful, while others are killed by KMT gunfire.