《抗战中的文艺》以波澜壮阔的笔触，真情再现1931年至1945年，胸怀爱国之志的文艺家们的求索、挣扎、奋斗，寻找中国的文艺出路。抗战结束之际，文艺家们汇聚延安，在党的文艺方针的正确指引下，确立了以人民为中心的创作方向。片中涉及鲁迅、郭沫若、茅盾、巴金、老舍、金山、秦怡、张瑞芳、白杨、舒绣文、夏衍、田汉、聂耳、冼星海、贺敬之、丁玲等文艺名家，左翼文学、戏剧、电影、音乐、美术等艺术样式，以当代舞台语汇集中展现中国文艺的精神和力量。

影片以文献话剧的形式，再现1931年至1945年，胸怀爱国之志的文艺家们在党的文艺方针正确指引下，确立以人民为中心的创作方向，寻找中国文艺出路的故事。饱含民族情感，致敬抗战中的文艺经典。

Writer Kim, who has a backache, moves toward Tongyeong, 　　Makoto, with cold feet, moves to the south of Korea.

The Renaissance is the remarkable story of the age in which the techniques and inspirations which had been lost since the classical era were rediscovered and reintroduced into the world of art. This episode features the work of Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Holbein and Michaelangelo.

1949年之后，解放区和国统区的两股文艺力量汇合，如何将中国文艺界统一到为新政权服务的大旗下？1950年，电影《武训传》提供了这种契机，它点燃了文艺为谁服务的问题，在这个问题的拷问下，一批作家作品遭到批判改造，命运被改写。

《抗战中的文艺》以波澜壮阔的笔触，真情再现1931年至1945年，胸怀爱国之志的文艺家们的求索、挣扎、奋斗，寻找中国的文艺出路。抗战结束之际，文艺家们汇聚延安，在党的文艺方针的正确指引下，确立了以人民为中心的创作方向。片中涉及鲁迅、郭沫若、茅盾、巴金、老舍、金山、秦怡、张瑞芳、白杨、舒绣文、夏衍、田汉、聂耳、冼星海、贺敬之、丁玲等文艺名家，左翼文学、戏剧、电影、音乐、美术等艺术样式，以当代舞台语汇集中展现中国文艺的精神和力量。

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.