Storm over Asia (1938 film)

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.

Storm Over Asia
Directed by	Richard Oswald
Written by	Arnold Lipp Jacques Natanson Richard Oswald T.H. Robert
Produced by	Frederic Brunn
Starring	Conrad Veidt Sessue Hayakawa Madeleine Robinson
Cinematography	Philippe Agostini Theodore J. Pahle
Edited by	Max Brenner Claude Ibéria
Music by	Ralph Erwin Paul Saegel
Production company	Rio Films
Distributed by	Les Films Sefert
Release date	21 April 1938 (1938-04-21)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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".

Cast

• Conrad Veidt as Erich Keith
• Sessue Hayakawa as Le prince Ling
• Madeleine Robinson as Suzanne
• Lucas Gridoux as Jack Murphy
• Serge Grave as Jimmy
• Paul Azaïs as Jonny le pianiste
• Robert Le Vigan as Sir Richard
• Raymond Aimos as Pierre, le pickpocket
• Alexandre Mihalesco as Le fou
• Habib Benglia as Washington-Napoléon Brown
• Michiko Tanaka as Le princesse Shô
• Roger Duchesne as Le Docteur Leclerc

Bibliography

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

External links

• Storm over Asia at IMDb