Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
Mar 30 1925
•1h 11m
•Documentary
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.
Cast
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Merian C. Cooper
Self (as Merian Cooper)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Self
Marguerite Harrison
Self - a Journalist
Haidar Khan
Self - Chief of the Bakhtyari Tribe
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