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Secrets of the Forbidden City

9.02017GMovieDocumentary

The Forbidden City is the world’s biggest and most extravagant palace complex ever built. For five centuries, it was the power center of imperial China and survived wars, revolution, fires, and earthquakes. How did the Ming Emperor’s…

DirectorIan Bremner
ProducersWang Yuanyuan·Bill Locke

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Cast · Directed by Ian Bremner

PGPeter Guinness
Peter Guinness
Narrator

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