--- title: 'Back to 1942 (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Feng Xiaogang' released: '2012-11-11' runtime_minutes: 145 genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' - 'History' countries: - 'People''s Republic of China' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/back-to-1942-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113822/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Back to 1942 (2012) 2012 · 145 min · Drama, War, History · People's Republic of China ## Synopsis Back to 1942 is a 2012 Chinese historical drama 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Feng Xiaogang](https://cinepixo.com/people/feng-xiaogang) - **Screenplay:** [Liu Zhenyun](https://cinepixo.com/people/liu-zhenyun) - **Original Music Composer:** [Zhao Jiping](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhao-jiping) - **Producer:** [Han Sanping](https://cinepixo.com/people/han-sanping), [Peter Lam](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lam), [Albert Yeung](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-yeung) - **Director of Photography:** [Lü Yue](https://cinepixo.com/people/lu-yue) ## Cast - [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins) - [Zhang Guoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-guoli) - [Feng Yuanzheng](https://cinepixo.com/people/feng-yuanzheng) - [Fan Wei](https://cinepixo.com/people/fan-wei) - [Li Xuejian](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-xuejian) - [Alfred Hsing](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hsing) - [Chen Daoming](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-daoming) - [Adrien Brody](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrien-brody) - [Xu Fan](https://cinepixo.com/people/xu-fan) - [Zhang Hanyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhang-hanyu) - [Qiao Zhenyu](https://cinepixo.com/people/qiao-zhenyu) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/back-to-1942-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q213215); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.