Storm Over Asia
1928 · 127 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 2,408 VOTES · DIR. Vsevolod Pudovkin
Overview
In 1918 a young and simple Mongol herdsman and trapper is cheated out of a valuable fox fur by a European capitalist fur trader. Ostracized from the trading post, he escapes to the hills after brawling with the trader who cheated him. In 1920 he becomes a Soviet partisan, and helps the partisans fight for the Soviets against the occupying British army. However he is captured by the British when they try to requisition cattle from the herdsmen at the same time as the commandant meets with a reincarnated Grand Lama. After the trapper is shot, the army discovers an amulet that suggests he is 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 puppet regime. The trapper is thus thrust into prominence as he is placed in charge of the puppet government. By the end, however, the "puppet" turns against his masters in an outburst of fury.
Dialogue Timeline — 218 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 THE HEIR TO GENGHIS KHAN
00:04:26 ...a learned monk-healer...
00:07:21 We'll eat well every day!..
00:11:50 Marketplace.
00:20:10 LET GO!
00:24:13 ...in the mountains...
00:26:33 An accidental witness.
00:35:11 ...with the Red Army...
00:39:05 Diplomacy demands...
00:44:21 The ties are strengthened in practice.
00:52:51 BE PREPARED!..
00:55:13 ...and gladly welcomes your new reincarnation.
01:01:27 A Mongolian partisan has been caught...
01:10:34 A missionary specializing in the ancient Mongolian language.
01:14:28 ALIVE!
01:18:29 ...Asia...
01:22:15 He's thirsty.
01:28:35 Change and come here.
01:33:14 By the power invested in me...
01:35:01 The Empire binds itself...
01:37:25 SHOOT HIM!
01:40:00 ...WITH THE THIEVES!