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Storm Over Asia
A. Sargeant
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Paperback. "Storm over Asia" ('The Heir to Genghis Khan') was the third of Vsevolod Pudovkin's silent films. This title describes the circumstances under which "Storm over Asia" was produced and distributed and discusses the warm reception of the film in Russia, Germany and France. It also examines the potency of the Genghis Khan myth for a Soviet audience. Series: KINOfiles Film Companion. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 integrated halftones. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 180.
"Storm over Asia" ('The Heir to Genghis Khan') was the third of Vsevolod Pudovkin's great silent films. Released in 1928 it confirmed the director's reputation and Soviet cinema's growing stature internationally. It was subsequently re-edited, sonorised and re-released in 1949. The Buriat-Mongolian actor, Valeri Inkizhinov stars as the trapper hero, Bair, a character partly inspired by the actual Revolutionary figure, Sukhebator. Many of the extras in the film had participated in the events depicted. The film acknowledges a debt to D.W. Griffith and documents the everyday life and rituals of the people living around Lake Baikal, a culture that was ... Read more
"Storm over Asia" ('The Heir to Genghis Khan') was the third of Vsevolod Pudovkin's great silent films. Released in 1928 it confirmed the director's reputation and Soviet cinema's growing stature internationally. It was subsequently re-edited, sonorised and re-released in 1949. The Buriat-Mongolian actor, Valeri Inkizhinov stars as the trapper hero, Bair, a character partly inspired by the actual Revolutionary figure, Sukhebator. Many of the extras in the film had participated in the events depicted. The film acknowledges a debt to D.W. Griffith and documents the everyday life and rituals of the people living around Lake Baikal, a culture that was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
KINOfiles Film Companion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845113742
SKU
V9781845113742
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About A. Sargeant
Amy Sargeant is Reader in Film, University of Warwick. Her previous books include 'Vsevolod Pudovkin: Classic Films of the Soviet Avant-Garde' (I.B. Tauris, 2000) and 'A Critical History of British Cinema' (BFI, 2005).
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