STORM OVER ASIA
(1928)
(Potomok Chingis-Khana)
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Adapted from a Novokshenov novel this semi-ethnographic, semi-polemical epic follows a Mongol uprising against British occupiers not long after the communist revolution in Russia. When a young herdsman is captured by the British a twist of fate leads them to believe he is a descendant of Genghis Khan and, hoping that such a presence will pacify the people, he is dully installed as a puppet leader. This as you might expect turns out to be a terrible error of judgement on the part of the interlopers. Made straight after ‘The End of St Petersburg', Pudovkin's film is a sharp and, at times, satirical piece of Communist propaganda, rich in imagery and atmosphere.
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