| Brief Description: | Pudovkin's epic of an exploited Mongolian fur trader who becomes
involved in the Mongolian uprising against the British during the
Civil War period. It is "the film of the destiny of the Occident,
although its action takes place in the heart of Asia, on the plateaus
of Tibet" (Robert Desnos). Notable for Pudovkin's
lyrical/psychological montage which ends in an incredible storm scene
which contains "all the dust and debris that Pudovkin could imagine.
But how else was Pudovkin to end a film whose attraction for him had
been its fable and exotic imagery, except by hyperbole?" (Jay Leyda).
With Valeri Inkizhinov, I. Inkizhinov and A. Chistiakov. Silent with
music track. |
