Category: 39
All Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Release Year: 2007
Country: Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia
Runtime: 126
Rating: (0)
Languages: Mongolian
Director: Sergei Bodrov
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

  • Greatness comes to those who take it.
  • The untold story of Genghis Khan's rise to power
  • Don't despise a weak cub, it can appear the son of a tiger.


    • Writing by: Arif Aliyev – (writer) &
    Sergei Bodrov – (writer)

    Produced by: Stefan Arndt – co-producer
    Bob Berney – executive producer
    Sergei Bodrov – producer
    Bulat Galimgereyev – executive producer
    Marcos Kantis – line producer: Germany
    Chiu Wah Lee – line producer
    Anton Melnik – producer
    Ulli Neumann – line producer: Germany
    Edda Reiser – assistant producer
    Alec Schulmann – executive producer
    Sergei Selyanov – producer
    Manuela Stehr – co-producer
    Max Wang – line producer: China

    Cast: Aliya – Oelun
    Tegen Ao – Charkhu
    Tadanobu Asano – Temudjin
    Ying Bai – Merchant with Golden Ring
    Khulan Chuluun – Börte
    Bao Di – Todoen
    Bayertsetseg Erdenebat – Young Borte
    Deng Ba Te Er – Daritai
    You Er – Sorgan-Shira
    Sai Xing Ga – Chiledu
    Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge – Temulun

    Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: The 1000 days of George W. Bush's presidency from the 9/11 attacks to the iraqi quagmire. How a bunch of people influenced by neo-cons hawks took control of the US foreign policy.
    Plot: 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.

    Movie Quotes: Temudjin: Mongols need laws.
    Temudjin: I will make them obey…
    Temudjin: …even if I have to kill half of them.
    Temudjin: Our laws will be simple.
    Temudjin: Don't kill women or children.
    Temudjin: Don't forget your debts.
    Temudjin: Fight enemies to the end.
    Temudjin: And never betray your khan.


    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Special thanks to The Bertram Family

    Goofs: We know about 6 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The man performing t'ai chi in the park by the tree disappears.

    Trivia: There are 9 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Kazakhstan's official submission in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards (2008).
    • A battle scene required 1500 horses and riders. These had to be imported from Kazakhstan to China. The riders, not being professional actors, needed 2 months of training.
    • Some locations were so remote that the crew had to build roads to access them.