
Released
IMDb
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.
Keywords
fur trapping
partisan
silent film
mongol
Casts

Valéry Inkijinoff
Bair
I. Dedintsev
The British Commandant

Aleksandr Chistyakov
The Russian Rebel Leader

Anel Sudakevich
Commandant's blonde daughter

Boris Barnet
English soldier, pipe smoker

Karl Gurnyak
English soldier

Vladimir Tsoppi
Henry Hughes
L. Belinskaïa
The Commandant's Wife
Fyodor Ivanov
The Lama
Crews

Vsevolod Pudovkin
Director

Anatoli Golovnya
Director of Photography

Osip Brik
Writer
M. Aronson
Art Direction
I. Novokshenov
Writer
Sergei Kozlovsky
Production Design
Backdrops & Posters

