The 400 Million

1939 • 0h 54m • Documentary

6.2(8 votes)

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.

Director

Joris Ivens, John Fernhout

Writers

Dudley Nichols, Joris Ivens

Status

Released