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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

1925

71 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Watch providers

Streaming

Criterion Channel

Top Cast

Merian C. Cooper headshot

Merian C. Cooper

Self (as Merian Cooper)

Ernest B. Schoedsack headshot

Ernest B. Schoedsack

Self

Marguerite Harrison headshot

Marguerite Harrison

Self - a Journalist

Haidar Khan headshot

Haidar Khan

Self - Chief of the Bakhtyari Tribe

Lufta headshot

Lufta

Self - Haidar Khan's son