Mongol (2007)

Director:

Sergei Bodrov

Writers:

Arif Aliyev (writer)
Sergei Bodrov (writer)

Release Date:

20 September 2007 (Russia)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

Greatness comes to those who take it.

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Steppe | Historical | Asia | King | Mongol

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 9 wins

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
Ba De Rong Gui	...	Young Taichar
Sun Ben Hon	...	Monk
Zhang Jiong	...	Tangut Garrison Chief
Amadu Mamadakov	...	Targutai
Odnyam Odsuren	...	Young Temudjin
He Qi	...	Dai-Sechen
Li Jia Qi	...	Mungun
Bu Ren	...	Taichar
Su Ya La Su Rong	...	Girkhai
Ba Sen	...	Esugei
Honglei Sun	...	Jamukha
Ba Te	...	Khasar
Ba Ti	...	Dzhuchi
Ba Tu	...	Altan
Ji Ri Mu Tu	...	Boorchu
Tunga	...	Sochikhel
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar	...	Young Jamukha

Also Known As:

Монгол (Russia)
Mongole, Der (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of bloody warfare.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

Germany | Kazakhstan | Russia | Mongolia

Language:

Mongolian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Italy:T | Germany:12 | Canada:14A | USA:R | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

China

Company:

Andreevsky Flag Film Company

Trivia:

Kazakhstan's official submission in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards (2008).

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)

Interesting film!

I was really appreciated, and somehow surprised. Russian guys already have strong skills to create well looking cinema pictures. There are many good ideas for films, but most of them are gone due to bad picture format to show them on the big cinema screen. This one has been implemented really on high level. So I was surprised. Plot line focused well on all primary life points. I was in the satisfied state during all 2h of the film. The one thing why not 10 of 10 is that battles too small and too short. It could be better if there were at least 2 times more of the battles. So the question is "to watch or not to watch?". My answer: Yes! Specially for Russian-spoken peoples.