Laborer's Love (1922 film) - Directed by Zhang Shichuan - Full Movie

Cheng, the fruit seller, is in love with the daughter of his neighbor, the doctor, but the good doctor won't let him marry her unless Chang finds him more patients. With some creative carpentering, Chang sets about augmenting the doctor's income.

Laborer's Love is a classic silent comedy short film produced in China during the Republican Era, which officially premiered on October 5, 1922 at the Olympic Theater in Shanghai. It is also known as Romance of a Fruit Peddler or Romance of a Fruit Pedlar. Even though filmmaking in China began in the 1890's, Laborer's Love is the earliest complete film from China's early cinematic history that is available today.

Directed by: Zhang Shichuan
Written by: Zheng Zhengqiu
Starring: Zheng Zhegu, Zheng Zhengqiu, Yu Ying
Cinematography: Zhang Weitao
Production company: Mingxing Film Company
Release date: 8 March 1922
Running time: 22 minutes and 10 seconds
Country: China
Languages: Silent film, Written Chinese and English intertitles