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The 400 Million

The 400 Million

19395.90h 54m

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.

Directed by Joris Ivens
Written by Joris Ivens, Dudley Nichols
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Top Cast

Fredric March

Fredric March

Narration (voice)

Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

Additional Voice (voice)

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Lumet

Additional Voice (voice)

Robert Q. Lewis

Robert Q. Lewis

Additional Voice (voice)

Alfred Ryder

Alfred Ryder

Additional Voice (voice)

A

Adelaide Bean

Additional Voice (voice)

L

Lai Sek

Himself (archive footage)

M

Madame Chiang

Herself (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

japanese invasion of china

About The 400 Million

The 400 Million is a documentary film released in 1939 exploring themes of japanese invasion of china. Directed by Joris Ivens, it stars Fredric March, Morris Carnovsky, Sidney Lumet. 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.

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