Storm Over Asia (1928)
"Potomok Chingis-Khana" (original title)

In 1918 a simple Mongol herdsman escapes to the hills after brawling with a western capitalist fur trader who cheats him. In 1920 he helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the ... See full summary »

Director:

Vsevolod Pudovkin

Writers:

Osip Brik, I. Novokshenov (story)

Stars:

Valéry Inkijinoff, I. Dedintsev, Aleksandr Chistyakov

1 win.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Valéry Inkijinoff	...	Bair, the Mongol [The Son - U.S.] (as Valeri Inkishanov)
I. Dedintsev	...	The British Commandant
Aleksandr Chistyakov	...	The Russian Rebel Leader
Viktor Tsoppi	...	Henry Hughes, unscrupulous fur-buyer.
F. Ivanov	...	The Lama
V. Pro	...	British missionary, translates amulet
Boris Barnet	...	English soldier, pipe smoker
Karl Gurniak	...	English soldier
Bilinskaya	...	The Commandant's Wife
I. Inkizhinov	...	Bair's Father
Anel Sudakevich	...	Commandant's blonde daughter

Storyline

In 1918 a simple Mongol herdsman escapes to the hills after brawling with a western capitalist fur trader who cheats him. In 1920 he helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying army. However he is captured when the army tries to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with the reincarnated Grand Lama. After being shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a Mongolian puppet regime.

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Plot Keywords:

occupying army | partisan | escape | mongol | herdsman | 

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Taglines:

Pudovokin's Remarkable Film Of The East In Revolt

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Genres:

Drama | History | War

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

6 September 1930 (USA)

Also Known As:

Storm Over Asia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mezhrabpomfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min 82 min (restored and synchronised) 127 min 127 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Silent Mono (sound version)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Valéry Inkijinoff was a friend and classmate of Vsevolod Pudovkin at Moscow film school and the film was conceived with him in the lead part.

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Connections

Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1988)

User Reviews

Dated propaganda piece

A somewhat unusual piece of propaganda cinema. Our hero is supposedly a direct descendant of Genghis Khan who earns his living as a fur trapper somewhere in Siberia. When on one day the local (and not quite so local) fur traders attempt to take advantage of him they get a reaction they did not bargain for.

This film has aged very badly. It wears the propaganda on its sleaves and its villains are much worse caricatures than in, say, Battleship Potemkin. This compromises the credibility of the film. Superficially, the film works in a similar way as modern one-man-against-the-organisation action movies, but it badly lacks any sense of their irony and style.