Mongol
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Reviews:
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel:  “Mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old-fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word.”

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald:  “The battle sequences are tremendous, and the performances are captivating, making for the sort of rousing, giant-scale entertainment that a figure as towering as Genghis Khan deserves.”

Official web site :http://www.mongolmovie.com/
IMDB :http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0416044/

 

   
 
   
Mongol

Year:  2007
Country: Germany/Kazakhstan/Russia
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Leads:  Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun
Genre:  Drama
Runtime:  126 minutes
Rating:  R (for scenes of bloody warfare)
Language:  Mongolian

Mongol follows the life and legend of Genghis Khan (Tadanobu Asano) from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny.  Painting a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, Bodrov’s depiction shows the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte (Khulan Chuluun).  Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, Mongol transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad's landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger.   With the melodrama as thick as the blood throughout the spectacular battle sequences, Asano's soulful performance brings this little-understood historical icon passionately to life.