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Storm Over Asia
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| The Iast of the three great fiIms that V.l. Pudovkin directed in the 1920s, Storm over Asia (1928) is an acknowIedged cIassic of Soviet siIent cinema. FiImed largeIy on Iocation in MongoIia, the fiIm has an authentic documentary feel, though the story is a stirring meIodrama. lt concerns a young fur trapper (Valeri lnkizhinov) who, after being captured and sentenced to death by British occupying forces, is mistaken as a descendant of the great warrior Genghis Khan. He then becomes a puppet ruler for the British in their war against the Soviet partisans. Once he attains his status, however, he must decide where his loyalties Iay. Pudovkin enjoys caricaturing the foreign (British) troops and the medievaI rituaIs of a Buddhist tempIe, but its out on the Siberian steppes that he reaIIy comes into his own, with panoramic shots of the vast landscapes. Together with Mother (1926) and The End of St. Petersburg (1927), Storm over Asia (also known as The Heir to Genghis Khan) entitIes Pudovkin to be ranked with Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov as a master of the Soviet montage styIe, which he expounded in his book FiIm Technique (1929). This edition has been transferred from 35mm preservation eIements, and represents a more compIete version of the fiIm than has been previously released. A stirring score by Timothy Brock, as performed by the OIympia Chamber Orchestra, accompanies the fiIm. Year: 1928 Length: 111 minutes Director: V.l. Pudovkin Starring: I. lnkizhinov, l. Dedintsev, Valery lnkijinoff, AIeksandr Chistayakov, Viktor Tsoppi Music: Composed by Timothy Brock; Performed by the OIympia Chamber Orchestra Format: NTSC Produced for DVD by David Shepard From the Blackhawk FiIms CoIIection Presented by FIicker Alley |
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