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History should never be forgotten. - Back to 1942
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Title: Back to 1942

Release Date: 1 Nov 2012

Runtime: 2h 25m

Genre: War, Drama

Director: JCE Movies, Chongoing Film Group, Bon Voyage Film Studio, Shanghai Media Group, Zhejiang Film & Television, Hunan Broadcasting System, Anhui Broadcasting Corp., Beijing TV Station, Huayi Brothers Pictures, China Film Group Corporation, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Media Asia Film Production

Production Companies: JCE Movies, Chongoing Film Group, Bon Voyage Film Studio, Shanghai Media Group, Zhejiang Film & Television, Hunan Broadcasting System, Anhui Broadcasting Corp., Beijing TV Station, Huayi Brothers Pictures, China Film Group Corporation, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Media Asia Film Production

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.5 (69 votes)

Cast

  • Fan Dianyuan: Zhang Guoli
  • Hua Zhi: Xu Fan
  • Shuan Zhu: Zhang Mo
  • An Ximan: Zhang Hanyu
  • Jiang Jieshi: Chen Daoming
  • Theodore Harold White: Adrien Brody
  • Bishop Megan: Tim Robbins
  • Xing Xing: Wang Ziwen
  • Lao Ma: Fan Wei
  • Xia Lu: Feng Yuanzheng
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