The 400 Million
1939 | 54m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Joris Ivens, John Fernhout |
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| Writer: | Joris Ivens, Dudley Nichols |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 07, 1939 |
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| Director: | Joris Ivens, John Fernhout |
| Writer: | Joris Ivens, Dudley Nichols |
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| Keywords | japanese invasion of china |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| 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) |
| Name | Job |
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| Joris Ivens | Writer, Director, Director of Photography |
| Helen van Dongen | Editor |
| Dudley Nichols | Writer |
| Hanns Eisler | Music |
| John Fernhout | Director, Director of Photography |
| Robert Capa | Director of Photography |
| H.S. Wong | Cinematography |
| Harry Robin | Assistant Music Supervisor |
| Eric Simon | Assistant Music Supervisor |
| Dr. Fritz Stiedy | Conductor |
| Chung-Lo Wei | Musician |
| Pearl Mullin | Researcher |
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