Film

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

7.719251h 11mDocumentary

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Year: 1925

A silent documentary which follows a branch of the Bakhtiari tribe of Persia as they and their herds make their epic seasonal journey to better pastures.

Top cast

Merian C. Cooper

Self (as Merian Cooper)

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self

Marguerite Harrison

Self - a Journalist

Haidar Khan

Self - Chief of the Bakhtyari Tribe

Lufta

Self - Haidar Khan's son

Directed by

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper

Produced by

Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper