Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
The Fate of an Empire Is in His Hands.
Genres
Overview
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
Details
Budget
$13000000
Revenue
$51723285
Runtime
123 min
Release Date
2010-09-18
Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
Vote Count
409
Vote Average
6.526
Andy Lau
Detective Dee (Di Renjie)
Li Bingbing
Shangguan Jing'er
Deng Chao
Pei Donglai
Tony Leung Ka-Fai
Shatuo Zhong
Carina Lau
Wu Zetian (The Empress)
Richard Ng Yiu-Hon
Wang Lu (before face-lift)
Teddy Robin
Wang Lu (after face-lift)
Liu Jinshan
Xue Yong (Crime Inspector)
Yao Lu
Li Xiao (The Duke)
Jean-Michel Casanova
Umayyad Ambassador
Sos Haroyan
Asst to Umayyad Ambassador
Wang Deshun
Xiazi Ling (Blind Prisoner)
He Shengming
Prison Officer
Huang Yonggang
Zhang Xun
Chen Xiao
Lu Li
Zhang Shuo
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