Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm over Asia) (The Heir to Genghis Khan) (1929)

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Originally Potomak Chingis-khan (The Heir to Genghis Khan), Russian filmmaker Vsevolod Pudovkin's Storm Over Asia is set in Central Asia in 1920. Valeri Inkijinov plays a young Mongolian trapper ostracized from his village after he is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European trader. Becoming a Soviet partisan, the trapper is thrust into prominence when it is learned that he is descended from Genghis Khan. The occupying English army (identified as the White Russian army in foreign prints of the film, downplaying the West's effort to secure a stronghold in Russia in the years following the revolution) puts the trapper in charge of a puppet Mongolian government. By film's end, however, the "puppet" has cut the strings in a spectacular fashion. "Spectacular" is indeed the appropriate word for this sweeping political drama, which though not a huge success with domestic audiences upon its first release, is now regarded as one of Pudovkin's finest efforts. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

I. Inkizhinov
as The Son
A. Dedintsev
A. Tchistakov
as Rebel Leader
L. Belinskaya
as His Wife
L. Dediseff
as Commander
Anel Sudakevich
Vladimir Tsoppi
A. Sudkaveich
as Their Daughter
Karl Gurnyak
Boris Barnet
Alexander Chistyakov
as Partisan Commander
V. Pro
F. Ivanov
Leonid Obolensky
A. Christiakov
Valéry Inkijinoff
as The Son
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Anna Sten
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Viktor Tsoppi
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Critic Reviews for Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm over Asia) (The Heir to Genghis Khan)

All Critics (4) | Top Critics (2)

Pudovkin's strict, building block editing, proficient as it is, tends to cramp the film's flow and suggestive space.

Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Time Out
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Excellent photography and sterling work by the eminently suitable cast are the conspicuous assets of Vsevolod Pudovkin's silent cinematic contribution.

Mar 25, 2006 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
New York Times
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Elements of documentary, melodrama and full-on action are expertly interwoven, and the film's breadth and scope far exceed Pudovkin's partisan roots.

Feb 17, 2004 | Full Review…
Film4
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Audience Reviews for Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm over Asia) (The Heir to Genghis Khan)

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I absolutely loved this picture. The story, the cinematography, the editing and the list keeps on going, everything is well-made. (I wont get too much into it because it is a very complex film.)

Linda K. T.
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