Back to 1942

Back to 1942

★ 6.7IMDb Score
Released:2012-11-01
Genre:War,Drama
Duration:145 min
Director:Feng Xiaogang
Actors:Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan, Zhang Mo, Zhang Hanyu, Chen Daoming
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, Sil-Metropole Organisation, Media Asia Film Production, China Film Group Corporation
Keywords:china,drought

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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