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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.

Cast

Zhang Guoli

as Fan Dianyuan

Xu Fan

as Hua Zhi

Zhang Mo

as Shuan Zhu

Zhang Hanyu

as An Ximan

Chen Daoming

as Jiang Jieshi

Adrien Brody

as Theodore Harold White

Tim Robbins

as Bishop Megan

Wang Ziwen

as Xing Xing

Fan Wei

as Lao Ma

Feng Yuanzheng

as Xia Lu

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