The 400 Million

The 400 Million

1939
54m
5.9

5.9/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
Cantonese English

Quick Facts

Release Date March 7, 1939
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0029832

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)

Adelaide Bean
Adelaide Bean

Additional Voice (voice)

Lai Sek
Lai Sek

Himself (archive footage)

Madame Chiang
Madame Chiang

Herself (archive footage)

Key Crew

Joris Ivens
Director
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Joris Ivens
Writer
John Fernhout
Director