Back to 1942 (2012)

6.7/10 • 145 min • War Drama

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.

Cast

Zhang Guoli

Xu Fan

Zhang Mo

Zhang Hanyu

Chen Daoming

Adrien Brody

Theodore Harold White

Tim Robbins

Wang Ziwen

Fan Wei

Feng Yuanzheng

Alec Su You-peng

Li Xuejian

Lü Zhong

Zhang Fang's Mother

Qiao Zhenyu

Ke Lan

Li Qian

Master Fan's Daughter-in-Law

Zhao Yi

Master Fan's Son

Alfred Hsing

Zhang Shaohua

Xia Lu's Mother

Duan Yihong

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