Storm Over Asia / The Heir to Genghis Khan (1928) movie

In 1918 a simple Mongolian herdsman escapes to the hills after brawling with a western capitalist fur trader who cheats him. In 1920 he helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying army. However he is captured when the army tries to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with the reincarnated Grand Lama. After being shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. They find him still alive, so the army restores his health and plans to use him as the head of a Mongolian puppet regime.

Storm Over Asia / The Heir to Genghis Khan (1928) movie

Genres: Drama, War
Production Co: Mezhrabpomfilm

Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin
Writing Credits: Osip Brik, I. Novokshenov (story)
Cinematography by Anatoli Golovnya

Cast:
Valéry Inkijinoff as Bair, the Mongol
I. Dedintsev as The British Commandant
Aleksandr Chistyakov as The Russian Rebel Leader
Viktor Tsoppi as Henry Hughes, unscrupulous fur-buyer
Fyodor Ivanov as The Lama
V. Pro as British missionary, translates amulet
Boris Barnet as English soldier, pipe smoker
Karl Gurnyak as English soldier
Bilinskaya as The Commandant's Wife
I. Inkizhinov as Bair's Father
Anel Sudakevich as Commandant's blonde daughter
Leonid Obolensky as Commandant's adjutant with moustache