The 400 Million

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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

54 min

Cast:

Fredric March, Morris Carnovsky, Sidney Lumet

Quality:

HD

Director:

Joris Ivens, John Fernhout

Release:

1939

Country:

United States

Rating:

6.2