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Mongol

Germany, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan

2007

126 Min
Color
2.35:1
Mandarin, Mongolian
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DIR Sergei Bodrov

EXEC Bob Berney, Bulat Galimgereyev

PROD Sergei Bodrov, Anton Melnik, Alec Schulmann, Sergei Selyanov

SCR Sergei Bodrov, Arif Aliyev

DP Rogier Stoffers

CAST Tadanobu Asano, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun, Aliya , Ba Sen

ED Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Zach Staenberg

PROD DES Dashi Namdakov

MUSIC Tuomas Kantelinen

Toronto, San Francisco (World Cinema)

Synopsis

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. —IMDb

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Sergei Bodrov

Sergei Vladimirovich Bodrov (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Бодро́в; born June 28, 1948) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Bodrov was born in Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, USSR (now Russia). In the post-Soviet period he emigrated to the United States. His son, actor Sergei Bodrov, Jr. was killed in an avalanche in the mountains of the North Caucasus on September 20, 2002 while shooting his film which was tentatively titled The Messenger.

Bodrov’s grandmother was ethnic Buryat which influenced his decision to film the movie Mongol.

Bodrov currently has an apartment in Los Angeles and a ranch in Arizona. He is married to American film consultant Carolyn Cavallaro. —Wikipedia 

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David Cohen-Tanugi

1May13

A fun film about Gengish Kahn with rather decent filmography. The storyline departs from the historical records towards the end, but the movie definitely makes you want to go to Mongolia and ride a horse in the steppe. And maybe find a beautiful wife like Borte.

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Algitya

2Aug12

Really change a .P.OV of some people of infamous figure of the age. Tadanobu's charm is a pleasers

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Bostonluna

9Jul12

Absolutely love this film! When is the next film of the trilogy going to be released?

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Andrea Lazzaroni

9Jun12

3.5 / 5

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IIFF 2008 - MONGOL review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
The modern historical epic – ushered in stylistically during the early ‘90s by the likes of Dances with Wolves and Braveheart – has long been one of film’s least malleable sub-genres. Whether the action
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TIFF Report: MONGOL Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
While it can certainly be argued that Sergei Bodrov’s Mongol has been the victim of a misleading ad campaign that portrays the film as something slightly other than what it is there is certainly no denying
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

TIFF Report: MONGOL Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
While it can certainly be argued that Sergei Bodrov’s Mongol has been the victim of a misleading ad campaign that portrays the film as something slightly other than what it is there is certainly no denying
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

IIFF 2008 - MONGOL review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
The modern historical epic – ushered in stylistically during the early ‘90s by the likes of Dances with Wolves and Braveheart – has long been one of film’s least malleable sub-genres. Whether the action
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

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By jaredmo​barak on November 25, 2009

Genghis Khan, sympathetic king of the people? If Sergei Bodrov is to be believed: yes. His tale of Khan’s ascent to power from childhood, Mongol, tells of how he kept his ideals and the laws of Mongolia…  read review

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By Mugino on November 25, 2009

Bodrov admittedly took some artistic liberties with historical facts, given that there are large gaps in Temujin/Genghis Khan’s known personal history, especially in his earlier years. Setting that…  read review

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