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Back to 1942
一九四二
2012 · Film · 145 min
Directed by Feng Xiaogang
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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I just watched "Back to 1942" which shows a glimpse of WWII from the Chinese perspective. They had to cope with a famine AND a war, and lost ~20 million people during the struggle. To put it into perspective Russia lost around ~28 million [1].
In my opinion it was an excellent film that left me again pondering how much I've really lost in my education by only getting the "Western" version of history.
Word of warning, the movie has no happy ending. It's also in Chinese with English subtitles. Available on Netflix.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties