As the cold wind of the steppe fades away on the accounting desks of exploitative merchants, the rage weighing on the shoulders of a young Mongol herder engulfs the entire region. Vsevolod Pudovkin uses the possibilities of silent cinema to bring the harsh landscape of Mongolia and the tension of the occupied lands to the screen. An injustice that begins with the pursuit of a hunting pelt quickly escalates into a massive front where empires clash. The occupying forces’ attempt to create a puppet leader collides with the wave of rebellion building within the son of the steppe.