4 Films & TV Shows Set In Mongolia During The 1930s

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  The Way Back

  🇵🇱 Poland 🇷🇺 Russia 🇮🇳 India 🇨🇳 China 🇲🇳 Mongolia The 1980s The 1940s The 1930s

  Their escape was just the beginning. — At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts, mountains and several nations.

  Released in 2010 • 133 minutes
• A Pearl in the Forest

  🇲🇳 Mongolia The 1930s

  This is a story about a young couple whose newly planned life was destroyed by the impact of the Great Purges of 1934–1938 in Mongolia. The main goal of this movie was to provide a testimony for the many Buryats and Mongolians who were persecuted during the Great Purges initiated by Joseph Stalin. In 1937 and 1938, many people, and even entire families, were killed after being wrongfully accused of conspiracies. The movie was shot on location near the Buryat village of Dadal in the Khentii province of Mongolia. The acting and other participation of many local villagers was a great addition to the authenticity of the film

  Released in 2008 • 90 minutes
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  The Lost World

  🇲🇳 Mongolia The 1930s

  The Original Adventure To A World Like No Other — A scientist discovers dinosaurs on a remote plateau in Mongolia.

  Released in 1998 • 97 minutes
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  Destination Gobi

  🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇨🇳 China The 1940s The 1930s

  ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA'S GOBI DESERT! — A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.

  Released in 1953 • 90 minutes