Heart of Asia (Afghanistan) (movie)

Heart of Asia (Afghanistan) (movie)

Сердце Азии (Афганистан)
  • Production country: Soviet Union
  • Producer: Vladimir Yerofeyev
  • Production companies: Sovkino
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release date: 2/26/1929
  • Run time: 65 min.

Movie description

This Russian documentary offered tantalizing glimpses of Afghanistan, which in 1929 was still one of the few heavily-populated areas in the world where the residents continued to live as they did in the Middle Ages. A progressive new leader named Amnullah tries to "Westernize" the country, meeting plenty of resistance from native reactionaries.