Back to 1942
“History should never be forgotten.”
Feng XiaogangCast
Guoli Zhang 
Hanyu Zhang 
Wei Fan 
Yuanzheng Feng 
Fan Xu 
Daoming Chen
Credits
Written by: Zhenyun Liu
Plot
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.
Sinekatalog’s take
Back to 1942 (2012) is a Chinese war film directed by Feng Xiaogang. It won Best Film from Mainland and Taiwan at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2013. It stars Zhang Guoli, Xu Fan and Zhang Mo. It runs 145 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (4,032 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.