In Germany "Ulzhan" received "predominantly positive press reviews". Hans-Bernhard Moeller (associate professor of Germanic Studies at the
University of Texas at Austin) and George Lellis (professor of communication at
Coker College) honoured "Ulzhan" by publishing an in-depth review of 3582 words titled "Ulzhan: Schlöndorff’s Globalized Eastern Western". Their essay attests Volker Schlöndorff to have made "abstract issues" seizable "through transposing the conventions of the Western into the frontier between Europe and Asia –physically, intellectually, and spiritually". They also certified "Ulzhan" a "special complexity" achieved by "its refusal to let its themes be reduced to a simple bipolar opposition".
Variety's very different review just compared "Ulzhan" with another film and came finally to a mathematical result which stated that 1 reel of
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre delivered more clashes and oral exposition than the 10 reels of "Ulzhan".
ABC's Julie Rigg compared "Ulzhan" instead with
Paris, Texas and found it "haunting" but at the same time "mysterious and beautiful". == References ==