Storm Over Asia (1928)
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin · 127 min · Drama, War, History
15.2 TOPICAL score · #5,027 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Storm Over Asia (1928, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin) has a TOPICAL score of 15.2 - ranked 5,027 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on historical impact and audience, and lowest on awards. Audiences: TMDB 6.5/10 (66 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 31 languages.
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- AudienceTMDB 6.5/10 (66 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 31 languages
- Still read546 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Valéry Inkijinoff, A. Dedintsev, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Anel Sudakevich