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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

  • 19251925
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Documentary
The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
84,327
11,425
  • Directors
    • Merian C. Cooper(uncredited)
    • Ernest B. Schoedsack(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Richard Carver(titled by)
    • Terry Ramsaye(titled by)
  • Stars
    • Merian C. Cooper
    • Ernest B. Schoedsack
    • Marguerite Harrison
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  • Directors
    • Merian C. Cooper(uncredited)
    • Ernest B. Schoedsack(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Richard Carver(titled by)
    • Terry Ramsaye(titled by)
  • Stars
    • Merian C. Cooper
    • Ernest B. Schoedsack
    • Marguerite Harrison
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    • 22User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Merian C. Cooper
    Merian C. Cooper
    • Self
    • (as Merian Cooper)
    Ernest B. Schoedsack
    Ernest B. Schoedsack
    • Self
    Marguerite Harrison
    • Self - a Journalist
    Haidar Khan
    • Self - Chief of the Bakhtyari Tribe
    Lufta
    • Self - Haidar Khan's Son
    • Directors
      • Merian C. Cooper(uncredited)
      • Ernest B. Schoedsack(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Richard Carver(titled by)
      • Terry Ramsaye(titled by)
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    • Trivia
      Vita Sackville-West once 'dragged' Virginia Woolf to see this film with her.
    • Goofs
      (at around 31 mins) The title card states "All the fifty thousand of the Bakhtyari must go the way of Haidar ..." A couple minutes later, a title card states "The tramp of fifty thousand feet!" Either the number of feet should be doubled or the number of Bakhyari halved.
    • Quotes

      Opening Title Card: The way of the world is west.

    • Alternate versions
      Milestone Film & Video released a version in 1991 with a new score produced by Richard Einhorn and running 71 minutes.
    • Connections
      Featured in Cinerama Adventure (2002)

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    Grass (1925)

    *** (out of 4)

    First collaboration between Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack who would later go onto make King Kong. This documentary takes a look at 50,000 Iranian nomads and they dangerous journey across mountains and rivers to get their herds to grass. Overall this is a very interesting documentary but sadly the crew was running out of film when it came time to cross a deadly river and climb a 12,000 foot mountain. With these two scenes being the most interesting sadly there's only a couple minutes worth of footage here.
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    • Mar 13, 2008

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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1926 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Grass
    • Filming locations
      • Karun River, Iran
    • Production company
      • Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack
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    • Budget
      • $12,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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