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Storm over Asia (1938 film)

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Storm Over Asia
Directed byRichard Oswald
Written by
Produced byFrederic Brunn
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Production
company
Rio Films
Distributed byLes Films Sefert
Release date
  • 21 April 1938 (1938-04-21)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Storm over Asia (French: Tempête sur l'Asie) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, Sessue Hayakawa and Madeleine Robinson.

Production

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Oswald had left Austria as it became an increasingly hostile working environment in the years leading up to Anchluss. It was his last film in Europe, before he moved to the United States and made three films in Hollywood. Conrad Veidt was similarly an exile from Germany, and had settled in Britain.

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Claude Bouxin and Raymond Gabutti.

Synopsis

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An adventurer gets into a series of scrapes when he tries to secure control of oil deposits in Mongolia.

Reception

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Reviewing the film Variety wrote that it was "a moderately good adventure drama" and predicted it would enjoy commercial success in France due to the popularity of Conrad Veidt. Going on to observe "It's almost a one-man film and Veidt makes all there is to be made out of a story that sometimes is fantastic enough to seem ludicrous".[1]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Soister p.281

Bibliography

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  • John T. Soister. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
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