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Storm Over Asia

Original title: Potomok Chingis-Khana
  • 19281928
  • 1h 14m
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7.0/10
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I. Dedintsev, Valéry Inkijinoff, Leonid Obolensky, and Anel Sudakevich in Storm Over Asia (1928)
  • Drama
  • War
After a run-in with the law, a Mongolian man becomes a fugitive and joins the Russian Civil War.After a run-in with the law, a Mongolian man becomes a fugitive and joins the Russian Civil War.After a run-in with the law, a Mongolian man becomes a fugitive and joins the Russian Civil War.
IMDb RATING
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2.1K
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  • Director
    • Vsevolod Pudovkin
  • Writers
    • Osip Brik
    • Ivan Novokshenov(story)
  • Stars
    • I. Inkizhinov
    • I. Dedintsev
    • Valéry Inkijinoff
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  • Director
    • Vsevolod Pudovkin
  • Writers
    • Osip Brik
    • Ivan Novokshenov(story)
  • Stars
    • I. Inkizhinov
    • I. Dedintsev
    • Valéry Inkijinoff
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    • 18User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    • Awards
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    Valéry Inkijinoff in Storm Over Asia (1928)
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    Valéry Inkijinoff in Storm Over Asia (1928)
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    Valéry Inkijinoff and Anel Sudakevich in Storm Over Asia (1928)
    Valéry Inkijinoff in Storm Over Asia (1928)
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    I. Inkizhinov
    • Bair's Fatheras Bair's Father
    I. Dedintsev
    • The British Commandantas The British Commandant
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    Valéry Inkijinoff
    • Bair, the Mongol [The Son - U.S.]as Bair, the Mongol [The Son - U.S.]
    • (as Valeri Inkishanov)
    Aleksandr Chistyakov
    Aleksandr Chistyakov
    • The Russian Rebel Leaderas The Russian Rebel Leader
    Viktor Tsoppi
    • Henry Hughes, unscrupulous fur-buyer.as Henry Hughes, unscrupulous fur-buyer.
    Fyodor Ivanov
    Fyodor Ivanov
    • The Lamaas The Lama
    • (as F. Ivanov)
    V. Pro
    • British missionary, translates amuletas British missionary, translates amulet
    Boris Barnet
    Boris Barnet
    • English soldier, pipe smokeras English soldier, pipe smoker
    Karl Gurnyak
    • English soldieras English soldier
    Bilinskaya
    • The Commandant's Wifeas The Commandant's Wife
    Anel Sudakevich
    Anel Sudakevich
    • Commandant's blonde daughteras Commandant's blonde daughter
    Leonid Obolensky
    Leonid Obolensky
    • Commandant's adjutant with moustacheas Commandant's adjutant with moustache
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Vsevolod Pudovkin
    • Writers
      • Osip Brik
      • Ivan Novokshenov(story)
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    • Trivia
      Included among the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die', edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
    • Connections
      Featured in Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires (1989)

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    Top review
    6/10
    Visually impressive, but falls short
    There's a scene early on in Storm Over Asia where Mongolian fur traders are bringing in their pelts for a British imperialist to purchase. The power dynamic is so stilted and he treats them with no humanity, haughtily tossing down a couple of coins for what he deems a piece is worth after having seized it. When he does this with a particularly beautiful and rare fur, the previously placid locals get rankled over how unfair he's being, and the tension is palpable. It's a fantastic scene and while it may seem like communist propaganda, it was a completely legitimate critique of capitalism, a system which if unchecked, invariably allows for the selfish exploitation of the poor by the wealthy - much like an American film like Ninotchka contained valid criticisms of communism in the Soviet Union. This was a five star moment and I wish the film had managed to remain focused. The visuals are also brilliant, including breathtaking landscapes in Mongolia, artistic close ups, and fast cut montage sequences. These scored high marks for me as well.

    Where the film falters is in the story it tells, and the excruciatingly slow pace it takes to tell it. Shortly after the fur trading scene, the local flees and comes across a group of Russian partisans fighting British forces. Huh? You might think, wondering when such activity took place, and you'd be right to doubt it. And the history here matters, because it was actually the Soviet Union that was actively involved in undermining local autonomy in this region. To make a film showing someone else committing the evil your protagonists actually committed is similar to old American westerns which are heavy on Native-American violence instead of showing any semblance of the brutal genocide, and it's wrong to do so, no matter how skilled the filmmaker.

    The film shows some authentic footage of Buddhist ceremonies which held some interest to me, but they aren't filmed in a way to foster understanding of the culture, but rather, seem to emphasize how "exotic" the natives are. Ordinarily I wouldn't care as much and just be happy something like this was filmed for posterity, but here it felt out of place and elongated and already bloated film. The shots of the reincarnated Lama on his throne as a baby were pretty fun for me though, I must confess.

    The business of making the supposed descendant of Genghis Khan a puppet leader takes far too long to unfold though, and the scenes with the British aristocrats were a chore to sit through, even they it did bring us back around to the beautiful pelt in the story line. There is something to be said for the fury of the Mongolian man at the end, and it's impressive that he's shown to be righteous in the face of racism. Right before that, you see, the British businessman has said white people "must be protected from the encroachments of colored scoundrels!", and the British general, smoke billowing out from behind him as if he were the devil, orders him to withdraw, because he has his own plans. That's a wonderful moment.

    Ultimately, I liked the power in the anti-imperialist message and the visual artistry, but 131 minutes was too long, and the historical distortion was too tough for me to overlook. In any event, it's not one I'd like to see again, except in clips of the finer moments.
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    • Release date
      • September 6, 1930 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Soviet Union
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • The Heir to Genghis Khan
    • Production company
      • Mezhrabpomfilm
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 14 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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