Mao Zedong

Dec 26, 1893 - Sep 09, 1976 (82 years old) in Hunan Province, China

Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (also known as Chairman Mao) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history, and is also known as a theorist, military strategist, poet and visionary.

Known For

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The Society of the Spectacle

Self (archive footage)

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JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick

Self (archive footage)

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De Gaulle, the Last King of France

Self (archive footage)

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The Vietnam War

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Self (archive footage)

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All Eyes and Ears

Self (archive footage)

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Korea: The Never-Ending War

Self (archive footage)

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Korea, A Hundred Years of War

Self (archive footage)

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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

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Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

Self (archive footage)

Credits

The death of the Conducător (a Christmas film) 2025

Himself (archive footage)

★ 6
Political Cinema 2025

Mao Zedong

★ 10
História do Comunismo 2024

Self

★ 10
Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao 2024

★ NR
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System 2023

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
The Century of Icons 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
China: The Uighur Tragedy 2022

Self - Politician (archive footage)

★ 6
Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow 2021

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.8
Korea, A Hundred Years of War 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ 5.5
History 101 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.1
André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer 2019

Self - Politician (archive footage)

★ 6
The Man Who Defied Beijing 2019

Self - Politician (archive footage)

★ 6.5
Korea: The Never-Ending War 2019

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
The Vietnam War 2017

Self - Politician (archive footage)

★ 8.2
De Gaulle, the Last King of France 2017

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
The Battle Of Chosin 2016

Himself (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Året var 1966 2016

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
All Eyes and Ears 2015

Self (archive footage)

★ 6
Mao In Colour 2015

Self

★ NR
JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words 2014

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Our Nixon 2013

Self

★ 6.4
A Home Far Away 2012

Self

★ 7
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique 2011

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Broken Knife: Great Reversal of the Korean Battlefield 2010

毛主席

★ NR
Madame Mao 2010

Himself

★ NR
Mao’s Last Dancer 2009

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Hype: The Obama Effect 2008

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Sputnik Mania 2007

Self (archive footage)

★ 7
The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Last Battle 2003

Himself

★ NR
Naqoyqatsi 2002

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang 2000

★ NR
Faith of the Century: A History of Communism 1999

Self (archive footage)

★ 8.5
Human Remains 1998

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.3
Nixon 1995

Self (Archive Footage)

★ 6.9
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie 1995

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.2
Mao, the Real Man 1995

Self (Archive)

★ 9.2
Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico 1995

★ NR
A Grin Without a Cat 1977

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 7.8
Mao by Mao 1977

Himself

★ 5
The Society of the Spectacle 1974

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution 1974

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution 1969

Self (archive footage)

★ NR
Inside Red China 1958

Self

★ 8
Velikoye proshchaniye 1953

★ 5.5
开国大典 1949

★ NR
China Strikes Back 1937

Himself

★ 4