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Writers:
Beverley Cross (screenplay)
Berkely Mather (story)
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Release Date:
23 June 1965 (USA) more
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A last flirtation with the epic genre! more (20 total)

Cast

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Stephen Boyd ... Jamuga

Omar Sharif ... Temujin

James Mason ... Kam Ling

Eli Wallach ... Shah of Khwarezm
Françoise Dorléac ... Bortei (as Francoise Dorleac)

Telly Savalas ... Shan
Robert Morley ... Emperor of China
Michael Hordern ... Geen
Yvonne Mitchell ... Katke
Woody Strode ... Sengal
Kenneth Cope ... Subotai
Roger Croucher ... Massar
Don Borisenko ... Jebai
Patrick Holt ... Kuchiuk
Susanne Hsiao ... Chin Yu
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dschingis Khan (West Germany)
Dzingis-Kan
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Runtime:
127 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
70mm blow-up version released in West Germany. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Genghis Khan didn't start the war Khwarizm because It was in center of the world and would be a great spot for conquering the world (though he might have intentions about it), but because the Shah killed his messengers, and started a bloodbath in revenge more
Quotes:
Temujin, later Genghis Khan: [in his death chair] Set me so that I can feel the East wind on my face. more
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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A last flirtation with the epic genre!, 17 November 2001
Author: Noel Bailey (uds3@hotmail.com) from Longmont: Colorado US

Not quite as bad as John Wayne's famed turkey THE CONQUEROR, but getting there. Problem was with this flick, the makers dumped historical accuracy in favor of developing a Ben-Hur-Messala type confrontation between Genghis Khan (Sharif, at the height of his popularity) and his nemesis, a scowling bewhiskered Jamuga (none other than "Messala" himself - Stephen Boyd)

Plenty of Mongol action and cruelty and the concluding battle between Sharif and Boyd is pretty in-your-face stuff. Production values were OK and suitably epic-ish in feel. The wheels start to fall off though with Robert Morley as the Chinese Emperor, some throwback to his role in 55 DAYS IN PEKING and worse, mega-british James Mason as Kam Ling, as likely a chinese adviser to Morley as Adam Sandler playing Abraham Lincoln. In a minor role as Subatai, Kenneth Cope is struggling to hold down any credibility whatsoever, having been first-string comic relief to David Frost on the THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS TV show.

Not for the epic Hall of Fame I'm afraid!

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