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Storm over Asia (1928)

Storm over Asia poster
Original title
Потомок Чингисхана
Directed by
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Genre
drama film, silent film, war film, historical film, propaganda film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
2h 10m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 66 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Mongolian hunter is drawn into the struggle between traditional nomadic life and the encroaching forces of British imperialism during the Russian Civil War. He becomes a symbol of resistance as the conflict escalates.

epicslow-burnintensegrimideologicaldramaticvisually stark

What happens

Storm over Asia (Russian: Потомок Чингисхана, Potomok Chingiskhana, "The Heir to Genghis Khan") is a 1928 Soviet film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, written by Osip Brik and Ivan Novokshonov, and starring Valéry Inkijinoff. It is the final film in Pudovkin's "revolutionary trilogy", alongside Mother (1926) and The End of St. Petersburg (1927). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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