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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)
"Mongol" (original title)

R  |   |  Adventure, Biography, Drama  |  4 July 2008 (USA)
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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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Cast overview, first billed only:
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Honglei Sun ...
Khulan Chuluun ...
Aliya ...
Oelun - Temudjin's Mother
Ba Sen Zha Bu ...
Esugei - Temudjin's Father (as Ba Sen)
Amadu Mamadakov ...
Targutai
He Qi ...
Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun ...
Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu ...
Boorchu
You Er ...
Sorgan-Shira (as A You Er)
Huntun Batu ...
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)
Sai Xing Ga ...
Chiledu
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Storyline

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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Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£185,364 (UK) (6 June 2008)

Gross:

$5,701,643 (USA) (5 September 2008)
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The film took 14 months to shoot, and had a crew of 400 people (300 Chinese and 100 Russians), and over 1500 extras. Because there were so many different nationalities working on the film (Germans, Mongols, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhstanis), a team of over 30 interpreters were on set at all times. See more »

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Non-Mongolian characters in this movie speak modern standard Mandarin Chinese. This would be incorrect because, this language as the standard Chinese language originates with the Qing Dynasty hundreds of years later, the regions depicted in the movie appear to be central and western China where they would speak a different dialect and several characters speaking Chinese don't appear to be Chinese and all and would most likely be speaking a Turkic dialect. See more »

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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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More than just an epic war tale, deserves a standing ovation.
21 March 2008 | by (India) – See all my reviews

This film is an example of an extremely strong narrative accompanied by excellent cinematography and superbly executed war scenes... reminds me of Saving Pvt Ryan without all the bangs and clatter. The acting is also commendable. There seems to be a great deal of research that has gone into the subject and is a great eduction on the early life of Chengiz Khan. I wish there was more, but for the integrity of the subject I think the makers have done justice to the story. Would really appreciate if this made into a trilogy, but I don't think the film makers have left any scope to stretch it further. They have compressed a epic life tale into a little more than an hour and a half and with great flair and ease which is calls for a standing ovation. Lesson to Indian Film makers!!!


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