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Storm Over Asia (1928)

★ 6.5/10 127 min Drama, War, History Soviet Union Russian
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Pudovokin's Remarkable Film Of The East In Revolt

Description

In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is 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 puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.

Top Cast

Valéry Inkijinoff
Valéry Inkijinoff Bair
I. Dedintsev The British Commandant
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Aleksandr Chistyakov The Russian Rebel Leader
Anel Sudakevich
Anel Sudakevich Commandant's blonde daughter
Boris Barnet
Boris Barnet English soldier, pipe smoker
Karl Gurnyak
Karl Gurnyak English soldier
Vladimir Tsoppi
Vladimir Tsoppi Henry Hughes
L. Belinskaïa The Commandant's Wife

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