From the mid-1930s onwards, the political situation in the world deteriorated sharply, and the dominance of force in international relations became apparent in Mongolian society. In response, a new genre of films surrounding the figures of heroes emerged in Mongolian cinema. 1940 saw the creation of the film Sukhbaatar (His Name Sukhbaatar), which focused on the life of the leader of the 1921 People’s Revolution. Sukhbaatar was an international collaboration mandated by the MPRP Central Committee. In 1940 this politically power organization noted that “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Art Institute should be instructed to cooperate with the USSR Art Committee to co-produce the film.” It was made at the Lenfilm studio under the direction of A.G. Zarkhi and I.E. Heifitz, and featured Mongolian and Soviet actors. The resulting film was critically acclaimed.