China in Western Eyes The empress dowager wasn't as big a part in The Last Emperor as she was in Kingdom and City, but The Last Emperor was the first major Western film to deal with China and it had a bigger impact on the Western perception of that mysterious place.
論角色的份量，「末代皇帝」的慈禧不如「傾國傾城」來得重；但「末代皇帝」這部西方人首次有關中國題材的大製作，讓廣大觀眾一窺神秘中國，影響力可能更大。