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Mongol (2007) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Mongol, directed by Sergei Bodrov.
Mongol (2007) -- Clip: He's a slave and he'll die a slave
Mongol (2007) -- US Home Video Trailer from Picturehouse
Mongol (2007) -- The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206.
Mongol (2007) -- Clip: Give us back our horses

Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   12,269 votes
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Director:
Sergei Bodrov
Writers:
Arif Aliyev (writer) &
Sergei Bodrov (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
20 September 2007 (Russia) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Romance | War more
Tagline:
Greatness comes to those who take it. more
Plot:
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206. | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
National Board of Review Announces 2008 Winners
 (From AwardsDaily. 4 December 2008, 11:41 AM, PST)

Russia’s Under The Influence In Morfiy
 (From Twitch. 4 November 2008, 4:29 PM, PST)

User Comments:
Memorable Photography Highlights Story Of 'Temudjin' more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tadanobu Asano ... Temudjin
Honglei Sun ... Jamukha
Khulan Chuluun ... Börte
Aliya ... Oelun - Temudjin's Mother
Ba Sen ... Esugei - Temudjin's Father
Amadu Mamadakov ... Targutai
Ying Bai ... Merchant with Golden Ring
He Qi ... Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun ... Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu ... Boorchu
You Er ... Sorgan-Shira (as A You Er)
Ba Tu ... Altan (as Hong Jong Ba Tu)
Deng Ba Te Er ... Daritai (as E Er Deng Ba Te Er)
Bao Di ... Todoen
Su Ya La Su Rong ... Girkhai (as Su You Le Si Ren)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Монгол (Russia)
Der Mongole (Germany)
Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (UK)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sequences of bloody warfare.
Runtime:
126 min
Language:
Mongolian | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
China more

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Trivia:
Prior to appearing in the film as Börte, actress Khulan Chuluun was studying to be a journalist, and had never acted before. Director Sergei Bodrov had sent casting director Gulshat Omarova to Mongolia to look for actresses for the role, but she was unable to find any. Disappointed with her failure, she went to the Chinese Embassy to renew her Visa so as to travel back to China. Whilst she was in the embassy, she saw Khulan by sheer accident, and approached her to ask about playing the role. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The Mongolian tribes, including the hordes that conquered their vast empire, rode on a very peculiar race of horses, stocky build, with relatively short legs and a large head. The horses used in the movie look like ordinary western horses more
Quotes:
Esugei: All Mongols fear the thunder. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV) more

FAQ

Why do we not see Genghis Khan capturing other nations? This is what he is most famous for.
How does Temudgin escape from the shackles?
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Memorable Photography Highlights Story Of 'Temudjin', 23 November 2008
7/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

The most pleasing part of this film, I thought, was the excellent cinematography. Kudos to Roger Stoffers and Sergei Trofimov for an outstanding job photographing this movie, making the most bleak of landscapes look stunning many times and adding some wonderful closeup shots of objects and faces.

It's not a bad story, either, although not one that will keep you riveted to the screen for the full two hours. However, I wasn't bored, either, although some of the action scenes looked too repetitive with very hokey-looking special-effects concerning blood splashing out of people in the battle scenes. It did not look real, but as if it were drawn. It's ironic in that the production values seem to be so high with a such a nicely-filmed effort, yet the action scenes are staged like a B-movie.

In a nutshell, this is the story of how "Genghis Kahn," who is "Temudjin" throughout the movie, spent his tough early life and how he became the famous warrior. We just see how many hardships the man endured to become who he was later in life. He was never referred to as Genghis Kahn which, I learned hear, is a title more than a name. That must have come later, after he had control of all the Mongol armies, which is where the film ends.

Many times, it's a not a pleasant existence for "Temudjin," who was marked man from the age of nine. We see him spend many lonely hours held captive in different places. The looks on his face are memorable. Odnyam Odsuren ad the young "Temudjin" and Tadanobu Asano as the adult "Temudjin" both had extraordinarily photographic faces.

One of the few problems I had with the movie were understanding "the rest of the story" as certain scenes ended abruptly leaving me (and I assume other viewers) wondering "what happened?" His friends, though, were fun to watch and his bride was a beautiful, kind and strong woman, as pictured in this movie. Actually, I found this just as much of a love story as a war epic, and the romance angle was far more dramatic. The devotion the lead male and female had to each other, and the faithfulness and loyalty were inspiring, to say the least.

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