Documentary
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.
Directed by Joris Ivens, John Fernhout
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User score
8 votes
Status
Released
Released
March 7, 1939
Runtime
54m
Language
Cantonese, English
