A partisan piece of documentary cinema on the Chinese resistance against Japan, featuring scenes from one of the few battles that actually halted – momentarily – the Imperial Army’s advance. Although the film was made under Kuomintang ‘supervision’, Ivens was able to obtain and include some footage of the Eighth Route Army.
Also in this combined programme
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The Battle of China
An exemplary piece of propaganda made to ‘educate’ American soldiers about the civilisation they were going to defend and the enemy they would have to
Film details
- Countries of production
- China, USA
- Year
- 1939
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 52'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
