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Back to 1942

History should never be forgotten.

6.6

2h 25m

2012

“History should never be forgotten.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Feng Xiaogang

Trailer

WarDrama

chinadrought

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Cast & Crew

Zhang Guoli

Zhang Guoli

as Fan Dianyuan

Xu Fan

Xu Fan

as Hua Zhi

Zhang Mo

Zhang Mo

as Shuan Zhu

Zhang Hanyu

Zhang Hanyu

as An Ximan

Chen Daoming

Chen Daoming

as Jiang Jieshi

Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody

as Theodore Harold White

Tim Robbins

Tim Robbins

as Bishop Megan

Wang Ziwen

Wang Ziwen

as Xing Xing

Fan Wei

Fan Wei

as Lao Ma

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