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The 400 Million

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Calorie Rating: 76
Released: 1939-03-07
Running Time: 54 Minutes


The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the Japanese. Civilian refugees walk, stumble, crawl to escape the destruction of their cities... While in the China of tradition, water buffalo still work the paddies and camels cross the desert, modern China is now a republic founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, with modern schools, heavy industry, large engineering projects... The government of Chiang Kai-shek resists the Japanese invasion from the coast. Madame Chiang receives a cheque from the U.S.A. for war relief. War production continues in distant villages safe from the grasp of the Japanese. With modern weapons the Chinese are pursuing their struggle behind enemy lines. And still their opponent persists in his reprisal bombings of civilian targets. "Will these people win?"

Director / Directors

Joris Ivens
Director


Cast

Fredric March
Character: Narration (voice)
Morris Carnovsky
Character: Additional Voice (voice)
Sidney Lumet
Character: Additional Voice (voice)

Robert Q. Lewis
Character: Additional Voice (voice)
Alfred Ryder
Character: Additional Voice (voice)
Adelaide Bean
Character: Additional Voice (voice)

Lai Sek
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Character: Herself (archive footage)


Production and Crew

John Fernhout
Cinematography
Robert Capa
Cinematography