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Soldiers of the Emperor
Soldiers of the Emperor (Hungarian:A Császár katonái) is a 1918 Hungarian silent film directed by Béla Balogh and starring Lya De Putti, Sándor Virányi and Aladár Ihász.
Cast.
- Lya De Putti
- Sándor Virányi
- Aladár Ihász
- Lajos Szóke
- Lajos Szõke
- Zsigmond Gere
- István Ihász
Bibliography.
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. "The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema". Berghahn Books, 2009
that all eunuchs be slaughtered and replaced with ladies in waiting. Emperor Zhaozong was initially resistant to the proposal, and the eunuchs eventually found out. Fearing that Emperor Zhaozong would eventually accept Cui's proposal, they had the Shence Army soldiers surround the palace and claim that Cui had been refusing to provide them with winter clothes. Emperor Zhaozong had to remove Cui from his secondary post as the director of salt and iron monopolies to placate the soldiers.
Cui became aware that the eunuchs knew of his proposal. Fearing that the