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Director Sergei Bodrov's sweeping MONGOL focuses on battles physical and emotional as it follows the early ascent of the 'Great King' Genghis Khan in the 12th and 13th centuries. Born Temudgin to a kingly father, the film introduces the nine-year-old (Odnyam Odsuren) making his first fateful decision: going against his father's wishes and choosing the lesser-born Borte as his future wife. When his father is poisoned, Temudgin flees from his father's rivals. Temudgin is saved by a young prince, Jamukha, and the two become blood brothers. That bond of friendship is tested, though, when the grown Temudgin (Tadanobu Asano) wages war--against the Mongol code--to win back the captive Borte. As Temudgin asserts his own power, he must also face Jamukha in all-out battle if he is to secure the safety of his family and his own kingly destiny.Product Identifiers
ProducerSergei Bodrov, Sergei Selyanov
EAN5050582568332
eBay Product ID (ePID)66295306
Product Key Features
ActorSun Honglei, Odnyam Odsuren, Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun
Film/TV TitleMongol-The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan
DirectorSergei Bodrov
LanguageMongolian
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time120 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2008
FormatDVD
FeaturesMaking of Featurette, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureKazakstan
Additional InformationDirector Sergei Bodrov's sweeping MONGOL focuses on battles physical and emotional as it follows the early ascent of the 'Great King' Genghis Khan in the 12th and 13th centuries. Born Temudgin to a kingly father, the film introduces the nine-year-old (Odnyam Odsuren) making his first fateful decision: going against his father's wishes and choosing the lesser-born Borte as his future wife. When his father is poisoned, Temudgin flees from his father's rivals. Temudgin is saved by a young prince, Jamukha, and the two become blood brothers. That bond of friendship is tested, though, when the grown Temudgin (Tadanobu Asano) wages war--against the Mongol code--to win back the captive Borte. As Temudgin asserts his own power, he must also face Jamukha in all-out battle if he is to secure the safety of his family and his own kingly destiny. Gorgeously shot on location in Kazakhstan and Inner Mongolia, MONGOL represents the first in a proposed trilogy of films that will chronicle the full impact of Genghis Khan's reign. As ambitious in scope as its subject was in life, MONGOL--a 2008 Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film--offers a unique look at the influence of love and loyalty to the life and times of one of history's most enigmatic rulers.
ReviewsMaxim - Carnage, bloodshed and testosterone fuelled manliness, Entertainment Weekly - Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov contrasts images of sweeping landscapes and propulsive battle with potent scenes of emotional intimacy, The New York Times - MONGOL - or, as I prefer to think of it, ''Genghis Khan: The Early Years'' -- is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.
ScreenwriterSergei Bodrov
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleMongol - The Rise To Power Of Genghis Khan
Director of PhotographyRogier Stoffers, Sergei Trofimov
Consumer AdviceContains strong battle violence