
Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung (also known as Chairman Mao) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China. His Marxist–Leninist theories, military strategies, and political policies are collectively known as Maoism or Marxism-Leninism-Maoism. A controversial figure, Mao is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern world history, and is also known as a theorist, military strategist, poet and visionary.
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Nixon (1995)
as Self (Archive Footage)

Naqoyqatsi (2002)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's Trick (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
as Self (archive footage)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Society of the Spectacle (1974)
as Self (archive footage)

De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Chine, la fabrique d'une nation (2025)
as Mao Zedong

Korea: The Never-Ending War (2019)
as Self (archive footage)

China Strikes Back (1937)
as Himself

All Eyes and Ears (2015)
as Self (archive footage)

中华人民共和国1956年国庆阅兵 (1956)
Actor

Sputnik Mania (2007)
as Self (archive footage)

Hype: The Obama Effect (2008)
as Self (archive footage)

Velikoye proshchaniye (1953)
Actor

Our Nixon (2013)
as Self

A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Political Cinema (2025)
as Mao Zedong

Korea, A Hundred Years of War (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Mao Tse-Tung and the Cultural Revolution (1969)
as Self (archive footage)

China: The Uighur Tragedy (2022)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Inside Red China (1958)
as Self

Året var 1966 (2016)
as Self (archive footage)

André Malraux: Writer, Politician, Adventurer (2019)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)

中华人民共和国1950年国庆阅兵 (1950)
Actor

Mao, the Real Man (1995)
as Self (Archive)

Human Remains (1998)
as Self (archive footage)

Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

The Battle Of Chosin (2016)
as Himself (archive footage)

The Man Who Defied Beijing (2019)
as Self - Politician (archive footage)

China's Sexual Revolution (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Mao by Mao (1977)
as Himself
Maoism: A Tragedy for China (1978)
as Self (archive footage)

Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico (1995)
Actor

The Cultural Revolution: Mao's Last Battle (2003)
as Himself
Incendiaries from the Celestial Empire (1979)
as Self (archive footage)
Bokassa Ier, empereur de Françafrique (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Madame Mao (2010)
as Himself
Trial (1982)
as Self (archive footage)

Ernesto Che Guevara (1995)
as Self(archive footage)

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (2000)
Actor

A Home Far Away (2012)
as Self

Deng Xiaoping : A Legend (2006)
Actor

开国大典 (1949)
Actor
Simon Leys, l'homme qui a déshabillé Mao (2024)
Actor

中华人民共和国成立10周年国庆大阅兵 (1959)
Actor
Beijing's Cards (1979)
as Self (archive footage)

中华人民共和国1957年国庆阅兵 (1957)
Actor

The China Story: One Fourth of Humanity (1968)
Actor
Maos China, Protokolle einer Revolution (1974)
as Self (archive footage)

中华人民共和国1955年国庆阅兵 (1955)
Actor

中华人民共和国1953年国庆阅兵 (1953)
Actor

中华人民共和国1951年国庆阅兵 (1951)
Actor

中华人民共和国1958年国庆阅兵 (1958)
Actor

中华人民共和国1952年国庆阅兵 (1952)
Actor

伟大的胜利——苏联摄影师镜头里的中国抗战 (2025)
as 毛泽东

中华人民共和国1954年国庆阅兵 (1954)
Actor





