Storm over Asia (1938 film)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Storm Over Asia
Directed by Richard Oswald
Produced by Frederic Brunn
Written by
Starring
Music by
Cinematography
Edited by
Production
company
Rio Films
Distributed by Les Films Sefert
Release dates
21 April 1938
Running time
95 minutes
Country France
Language French

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

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

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

Reception

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

References

  1. Soister p.281

Bibliography

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

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>