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Filmed here: The Last Emperor (1987)

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The first Western feature film ever allowed to shoot inside the Forbidden City — and it won nine Oscars.

Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor, about Puyi, the last Qing emperor, was granted unprecedented access to film inside the Forbidden City.

It went on to win nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Watching it before your visit makes the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the inner courts come alive.

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