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The 400 Million, also known as China in 1938, was a 1939 black-and-white documentary film by Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens about the Second Sino-Japanese War, part of the East Asian theater of World War II. The filmmaker moved between the Republican, Communist, and guerrilla forces of the Chinese resistance to Japanese invasion. Their dialogue in Mandarin is accompanied by English translations read by American actors.
Original Release
03/14/1939
US Release
03/14/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Narration (voice) / Narration |
Morris Carnovsky | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Sidney Lumet | Additional Voice / Additional Voice (voice) |
Robert Q. Lewis | Additional Voice / Additional Voice (voice) |
Alfred Ryder | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Adelaide Bean | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Yat-sen Sun | Self |
Kai-Shek Chiang | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Madame Chiang | Herself (archive footage) / Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Fredric March | Narration (voice) / Narration |
Morris Carnovsky | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Sidney Lumet | Additional Voice / Additional Voice (voice) |
Robert Q. Lewis | Additional Voice / Additional Voice (voice) |
Alfred Ryder | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Adelaide Bean | Additional Voice (voice) / Additional Voice |
Yat-sen Sun | Self |
Kai-Shek Chiang | Self / Himself (archive footage) |
Madame Chiang | Herself (archive footage) / Self |