Basic Info
Release: March 07, 1939
Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (7 votes)
The 400 Million
1939
⭐ 5.9/10
7 votes
Overview
Joris Ivens’s wartime documentary of China’s resistance to the Japanese invasion, cross-cutting civilian exodus and bombing with the Nationalist state’s mobilization—schools, industry, dispersed war production, foreign relief—and guerrilla fighting. Framing an ancient nation of “400 million,” it contrasts tradition with modernization and closes on the unresolved question of victory.
Genres
Documentary
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- Cantonese cn
- English en
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Cast
Fredric March
Narration (voice)
Morris Carnovsky
Additional Voice (voice)
Sidney Lumet
Additional Voice (voice)
Robert Q. Lewis
Additional Voice (voice)
Alfred Ryder
Additional Voice (voice)
Adelaide Bean
Additional Voice (voice)
Lai Sek
Himself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Herself (archive footage)
Crew
Joris Ivens
Director
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Joris Ivens
Writer
Hanns Eisler
Music
John Fernhout
Director
H.S. Wong
Cinematography
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