Сердце Азии (Афганистан) (1929)

Translated title: Heart of Asia (Afghanistan)

This documentary offered tantalizing glimpses of Afghanistan, which in 1929 was still one of the few heavily-populated areas in the world where the residents continued to live as they did in the Middle Ages. A progressive new leader named Amnullah tries to "Westernize" the country, meeting plenty of resistance from native reactionaries.

Country: Russia

Director: Vladimir Yerofeyev