
The 400 Million
Documentary
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Fredric March
Fredric March
Narration (voice)
Fredric March
Narration (voice)


Morris Carnovsky
Morris Carnovsky
Additional Voice (voice)
Morris Carnovsky
Additional Voice (voice)


Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
Additional Voice (voice)
Sidney Lumet
Additional Voice (voice)


Robert Q. Lewis
Robert Q. Lewis
Additional Voice (voice)
Robert Q. Lewis
Additional Voice (voice)


Alfred Ryder
Alfred Ryder
Additional Voice (voice)
Alfred Ryder
Additional Voice (voice)
Adelaide Bean
Adelaide Bean
Additional Voice (voice)
Adelaide Bean
Additional Voice (voice)
Lai Sek
Lai Sek
Himself (archive footage)
Lai Sek
Himself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Madame Chiang
Herself (archive footage)
Madame Chiang
Herself (archive footage)
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