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.
Cast
Crew
Joris Ivens
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
John Fernhout
Director, Director of Photography
Dudley Nichols
Writer
Helen van Dongen
Editor
Robert Capa
Director of Photography
H.S. Wong
Cinematography
Harry Robin
Assistant Music Supervisor
Eric Simon
Assistant Music Supervisor
Chung-Lo Wei
Musician
Hanns Eisler
Music
Pearl Mullin
Researcher
Dr. Fritz Stiedy
Conductor
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