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Back to 1942(Movie, 2012)

Original title: "一九四二" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)
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| 2h 25min | Genres: War, Drama
Back to 1942Rating: 3.2/5 (with 2727 votes)
Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical film directed by Feng Xiaogang. It is based on Liu Zhenyun's novel Remembering 1942, and is about a major famine in Henan, China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 11 November 2012, the film premiered at the International Rome Film Festival. The film was selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. ()
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About Back to 1942

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by the most tragic famine 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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Additional Information

Production country: People's Republic of China
Plays in: Henan
Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 11/30/2012 (World premiere: 11/01/2012)
Director: Feng Xiaogang
Producer: Han Sanping, Albert Yeung, Peter Lam
Screenwriter: Liu Zhenyun
Director of Photography: Lü Yue
Composer: Zhao Jiping
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Yi jiu si er"
"温故1942"
"温故一九四二"
"Empire of War - Der letzte Widerstand"
Keywords: china, drought
Revenue: 311 USD

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