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Mongol is a 2007 semi-historical film directed by Sergei Bodrov about the young Genghis Khan. It is planned to be the first in a trilogy about Temüjin's (Genghis Khan's) life.^[1] The world premiere took place on July 31, 2007.^[2]

The film was an international co-production between companies in Germany, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia. Shooting took place, for the most part, in the People's Republic of China, principally Inner Mongolia (the Mongol autonomous region), and in Kazakhstan. Shooting began in September 2005 and finished in November 2006. The film was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as a submission from Kazakhstan.^[3]

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Mongol, Theatrical Full Trailer 3 Cast 4 Awards 5 References 6 External links

[edit] 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.

In an interview with Zoom In Online in June 2008, co-writer/director Sergei Bodrov admits that it was difficult making the film because of the lack of recorded Mongol history. Mongolians, like the ancient Mycenaeans, recorded and retold history orally. His inspiration for the film came from The Secret History of the Mongols, originally in Mongolian, and translated from Chinese into Russian over 100 years ago which tells of Khan's childhood and marriage to his wife. He admits there was some artistic liberties taken with filling in holes of the story, but he claims that as a writer, he knew the character of Genghis Khan so well that it was easy to imagine what he would have done.

Another particular challenge on the film was shooting such a low-budget epic (only around 20 million) in such desolate areas with a crew that comprised people from over 40 nationalities.^[4]

[edit] Mongol, Theatrical Full Trailer

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Tadanobu Asano	Genghis Khan
Sun Honglei	Jamukha
Khulan Chuluun	Borte
Sun Ben Hou	Monk
Ba Sen	Esugei
Sai Xing Ga	Chiledu
Aliya	Oelun
Amadu Mamadakov	Targutai
He Qi	Dai-Sechen
Bao Di	Todoen
Odnyam Odsuren	Young Genghis Khan
Bayertsetseg Erdenebat	Young Borte
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar	Young Jamukha
You Er	Sorgan-Shira
Zhang Jiong	Tangut Garrison Chief

[edit] Awards

Won:

• Golden Eagle Award for Best Costume Design: Karin Lohr, SFK
• Golden Eagle Award for Best Sound Design: Stephan Konken
• Nika Award for Best Film
• Nika Award for Best Director: Sergei Bodrov
• Nika Award for Best Cinematographer: Sergey Trofimov, R.G.C., Rogier Stoffers, NSC
• Nika Award for Best Production Designer: Dashi Namdakov
• Nika Award for Best Costume Designer - Karin Lohr, SFK
• Nika Award for Best Sound - Stephan Konken
• Asian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor: Sun Hong-Lei

Nominated:

• 2007: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film from Kazakhstan

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Official trailer
• Kinoros.ru info
• Profile at Toronto International Film Festival