POTOMOK CHINGIS-KHANA
Set against the background of the fight of communist partisans to seize control of Mongolia from the British, the story of a hunter who brings a rare silver fox skin to market, where he is cheated out of it, by a British fur-trader. He is then selected by the British military to present to the people as "the son of Genghis Khan" in an attempt to futher their interests. However, the young man eventually rebels and leads his people against their opressors. Based on a story by Ivan Novokshonov.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Mongol Bair Valery Inkijinoff
- chief of the occupying army L. Dedinstev
- chief's wife Paulina Bilinskaya
- daughter Anel Sudakevich
- Mr Smith, English company representative V Tsopi
- English soldier K. Gurnyak
- Partisan leader Alexander Chistyakov
- missionary V. Pro
- cast member F. Ivanov
- English soldier Boris Barnet
- cast member M. Aronson
- cast member L. Bronstein
Credits
Direction
- Director Vsevolod I. Pudovkin
- Assistant Director A. Ledeshchev
Production
- Production Company Mezhrabpom-Russ
Writing
- Script Osip Brik
- Author of the announcer's texts L. Slavin
- Author of the announcer's texts V. Gonchukov
- Based on a story by Ivan Novokshonov
Photography
- Photography A. N. Golovnia
Design
- Designer Sergey Kozlovsky
- Designer M. Aronson
Music
- Music (1949 rerelease) Nikolai Kryukov
- Conductor O. Bron
Sound
- Sound Director (1949 rerelease) V. Gonchukov
- Sound Recording Yevgeny Kashkevich