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The 400 Million
1939, Mar 07
0h 54m
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.
Directed by
Joris Ivens, John Fernhout
Written by
Dudley Nichols, Joris Ivens
Alfred Ryder
Additional Voice (voice)
Robert Q. Lewis
Additional Voice (voice)
Fredric March
Narration (voice)
Morris Carnovsky
Additional Voice (voice)
Adelaide Bean
Additional Voice (voice)
Lai Sek
Himself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Herself (archive footage)
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