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Back to 1942

Back to 1942

History should never be forgotten.

2012•2h 25m•6.7/10
WarDrama

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6.7/10(85)

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million men, women and children. Although the primary cause of the famine was a severe drought, it was exacerbated by locusts, windstorms, earthquakes, epidemic disease and the corruption of the ruling Kuomintang government.

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Production

JCE Movies, Chongoing Film Group, Bon Voyage Film Studio, Shanghai Media Group 上海文化广播影视集团 (SMG), Zhejiang Film & Television, Hunan Broadcasting System, Anhui Broadcasting Corp., Beijing TV Station, Huayi Brothers Pictures 浙江华谊兄弟影业, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Media Asia Film Production, China Film Group Corporation

Language

ZH

Status

Released

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Cast

Zhang Guoli

Zhang Guoli

Fan Dianyuan

Xu Fan

Xu Fan

Hua Zhi

Zhang Mo

Zhang Mo

Shuan Zhu

Zhang Hanyu

Zhang Hanyu

An Ximan

Chen Daoming

Chen Daoming

Jiang Jieshi

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

Theodore Harold White

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

Bishop Megan

Wang Ziwen

Wang Ziwen

Xing Xing

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

Lao Ma

Feng Yuanzheng

Feng Yuanzheng

Xia Lu

Alec Su

Alec Su

Song Ziwen

Li Xuejian

Li Xuejian

Li Peiji

Lü Zhong

Lü Zhong

Zhang Fang's Mother

Qiao Zhenyu

Qiao Zhenyu

Secretary Han

Ke Lan

Ke Lan

Song Meiling

Li Qian

Li Qian

Master Fan's Daughter-in-Law

Zhao Yi

Zhao Yi

Master Fan's Son

Alfred Hsing

Alfred Hsing

Refugee

Zhang Shaohua

Zhang Shaohua

Xia Lu's Mother

Duan Yihong

Duan Yihong

Chen Bulei

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