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The 400 Million (1939)
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?"
Updated May 27 2020
Cast
Alfred Ryder
Additional Voice (voice)
Morris Carnovsky
Additional Voice (voice)
Sidney Lumet
Additional Voice (voice)
Robert Q. Lewis
Additional Voice (voice)
Kai-Shek Chiang
Himself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Herself (archive footage)
Crew
Hanns Eisler
Music
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Robert Capa
Cinematography
Joris Ivens
Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Helen van Dongen
Editor
John Fernhout
Cinematography
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