The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

The Last Emperor

Though it's unlikely that the entirety of The Last Emperor is completely factual, director Bernard Bertolucci and writer Mark Peploe went to extreme lengths to bring to life all known information about China's last emperor. Scholars still debate the film's accuracy today, nearly three decades after it was released.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.