His Name Is Sukhe-Bator

1942 HistoryWar 108 minutes Directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi

About His Name Is Sukhe-Bator

Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi's historical drama follows Damdin Sukhe-Bator, founder of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. Nikolay Cherkasov plays Baron Ungern. Maksim Shtraukh plays Lenin and Semyon Goldshtab plays Stalin. Lev Sverdlin is billed without a role in the short English cast list.

Cast & crew

More about His Name Is Sukhe-Bator

Boris Lapin and Zakhar Khatsrevin wrote it, Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed it, and Boris Arapov composed the score. Wikidata dates the release October 12, 1942, and lists 108 minutes. Named producers include Mikhail Rotleyder and Oleksandr Horsky, and the countries are the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic.

Themes

  • Sukhe-Bator
  • Baron Ungern
  • Lenin and Stalin on screen
  • a Mongolian revolution film
  • Ungern
  • Lenin
  • Stalin
  • Mongolkino

Background

The film was a wartime co-production of Lenfilm, Uzbekfilm, and Mongolkino on the 1921 Mongolian revolution and its clash with Baron Ungern.

Look

Aleksandr Gintsburg photographed the co-production.

Music

Boris Arapov is the composer on Wikidata.

Notes

  • Tse-Ven Rabdan, Nyamyn Tsegmid, and Mindjüüriin Luvsandjamts are among the Wikidata cast names.
  • Vladimir Gribkov is also billed.
  • The English plot does not narrate battles or Sukhe-Bator's death.
  • Cherkasov's role is Ungern, not Sukhe-Bator.

Scenes

  • Cherkasov's Baron Ungern is set against Shtraukh's Lenin and Goldshtab's Stalin in the story of Sukhe-Bator.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (1942. Его зовут Сухэ-Батор.webm)