• Greek Title Χορτάρι: Ο αγώνας ενός έθνους για τη ζωή
  • Original Title Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life
  • Year: 1925
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Country: USA, Iran
  • Duration: 71'
  • Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack with Marguerite Harrison
  • Cinematography: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper
  • Editing: Terry Ramsaye, Richard P. Carver
  • Music / Score: Gholam Hossain Janati-Ataie, Kavous Shirzadian, Amir Ali Vhabzadegan
  • Cast: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison, Haidar Khan, Lufta, φυλής Μπαχτιάρι
  • Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Color: Color / Black & White
  • Audio: Silent
  • Language: English intertitles
  • Format: Μη διαθέσιμη πληροφορία

One of the canonical greats of the silent era by the duo Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, is a documentary about the heroic annual migration of the nomadic Bakhtiari tribes of Iran. The filmmakers join them just in time for their spring migration through inhumanly arduous routes. The restless filmmakers identify with the people they follow, transforming their journey into some of the grandest vistas of silent cinema ever captured on film. Restored in 4K in 2024 by Milestone Films with MoMA and the Library of Congress.


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