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.
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Title: Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
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Oelun - Temudjin's Mother
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Baasanjav Mijid | ... |
Esugei - Temudjin's Father
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He Qi | ... |
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Ben Hon Sun | ... |
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Ji Ri Mu Tu | ... |
Boorchu
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You Er | ... |
Sorgan-Shira
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Huntun Batu | ... |
Altan
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Deng Ba Te Er | ... |
Daritai
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Bao Di | ... |
Todoen
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Su Ya La Su Rong | ... |
Girkhai
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Sai Xing Ga | ... |
Chiledu
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The movie is an epic story of a young Genghis Khan and how events in his early life lead him to become a legendary conqueror. The 9-year-old Temüjin is taken on a trip by his father to select a girl as his future wife. He meets Börte, who says she would like to be chosen, which he does. He promises to return after five years to marry her. Temüjin's father is poisoned on the trip, and dies. As a boy Temüjin passes through starvation, humiliations and even slavery, but later with the help of Börte he overcomes all of his childhood hardships to become one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. Written by jck movies
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Release Date:
4 July 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£185,364 (UK) (6 June 2008)Gross:
$5,701,643 (USA) (5 September 2008)Company Credits
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Young Borte: I accept.
Young Temudjin: [Turns to his father] I have chosen my bride!
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(Attack Of Merkits & Martial Rage)
Composed By Tuomas Kantelinen
Performed by Hamburg Film Orchestra, The London Session Orchestra, One Orchestra, Altan Urag
© 2008 X-Filme Creative Pool GmbH.
(p) 2008 Kinofabrika GmbH & Tuomas Kantelinen Ensemble.
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The final battle scene required 1500 horses and riders, which had to be imported from Kazakhstan to Inner Mongolia in China (where the scene was shot). The riders however, were not professional actors, and needed two months of training prior to shooting. See more »Goofs
When Temujin and Borte are fleeing their pursuers, Temujin is shown shooting his bow (in a "Parthian shot" manner) at this pursuers, killing one. In the very next screen shot, Borte and Temujin are shown racing their horses - Temujin's bow is again in its saddle case. See more »Quotes
Young Temudjin: [Inspecting a line of brides-to-be] I choose you.Young Borte: I accept.
Young Temudjin: [Turns to his father] I have chosen my bride!
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First Battle(Attack Of Merkits & Martial Rage)
Composed By Tuomas Kantelinen
Performed by Hamburg Film Orchestra, The London Session Orchestra, One Orchestra, Altan Urag
© 2008 X-Filme Creative Pool GmbH.
(p) 2008 Kinofabrika GmbH & Tuomas Kantelinen Ensemble.
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To the above two comments.
You know how they say history was written by the victors? That's true for everyone but the Mongols. Most of their history was written by the Chinese, Russians, Arabs, and other conquered peoples who had an interest in perpetuating Genghis Khan = bloodthirsty savage.
The movie is based on one of the few sources about Genghis khan written in Mongolian. It's called the secret history of the Mongols and was written shortly after he died as a record for the Mongolian royal family. He was just a chieftain's's son of a very minor tribe. That's what makes this story so impressive, he didn't start out as a king or a prince with a huge army, like Alexander. Everything he had, he had to earn. He didn't get to be Genghis Khan until he was in his 30's. He was always aware of how victory wasn't assured but had to be paid for with planning and strategy. He wasn't a saint by any means but he wasn't an unthinking savage. This movie is actually meant to be the first in a trilogy with the second one probably detailing his conquest of north china and the third the conquest of the Khwarezim empire in Iran and Afghanistan.
This is an approach that I like because the Alexander movie died on account of it trying to condense all of his conquests into one movie.