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Communist China's founding lauded in film

Mao Zedong knew better than most the power of personality.

The cult of Mao may be dead, but celebrity power is helping the Great Helmsman receive a Hollywood-style makeover.

The Founding of a Republic, or Jianguo Daye in Chinese, a new film from the state-owned China Film Group, is a propaganda epic that includes almost all the biggest names in Chinese film.

There are so many stars, about 172, that most have only cameo roles.
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