---
title: 'The 400 Million (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Joris Ivens'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 52
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-400-million-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029832/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The 400 Million (1939)

1939 · 52 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Joris Ivens](https://cinepixo.com/people/joris-ivens)
- **Screenplay:** [Joris Ivens](https://cinepixo.com/people/joris-ivens)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hanns Eisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-eisler)
- **Editor:** [Helen van Dongen](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-van-dongen)

## Cast

- [Sun Yat-sen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sun-yat-sen)
- [Morris Carnovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/morris-carnovsky)
- [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- [Zhou Enlai](https://cinepixo.com/people/zhou-enlai)
- [Soong May-ling](https://cinepixo.com/people/soong-may-ling)
- [Chiang Kai-shek](https://cinepixo.com/people/chiang-kai-shek)
- [Fredric March](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-march)

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