Director : Serguei Bodrov
Script : Arif Aliev, Serguei Bodrov
Cinematographer : Rogier Stoffer, Sergueil Trofimov
Editing : Zach Staenberg, Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Set Artist : Dashi Namdakov
Sound : Stephan Konken
Music : Tuomas Kantelinen
Cast : Asano Tadanobu, Sun Honglei, Khulan Chuluun Aliya, Baasanjav Mijid, Amadu Mamadakov
Production :
Andreevski Flag
Kinokompaniya CTB
X-Filme Creative Pool
Distribution :
Metropolitan Film export
29 rue Galilée
75 116 Paris
01 56 59 23 25
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www.metrofilms.com
Year : 2008
35 mm, Color, 124 mn, OV mongol and mandarin with french ST
Nominated for the Best Foreign Film, Oscars 2008
Genghis Khan went down in history as the most fearsome and most powerful war lord that the Earth had ever seen. His name is synonymous of bloody conquests, of absolute power, but very few people know the life story of the man behind the legend. At age nine, the boy, known only by the name Temüjin, goes on a journey with his father, the chief of their tribe, during which he meets Börte, a mischievous young girl whom he chooses to be his future wife. On their way home, his father is murdered and his tribe attacked by Targutai, a jealous warrior who has sworn to kill Temüjin to take his place. Running away was the only way to be saved. A life of ordeals and adventures starts for him with one goal – to find the girl who will help him become the great Genghis Khan.
“I’ve always liked taking famous characters, delving into their life stories to show, beyond the clichés, what really happened during their lives. I wanted to know who Genghis Khan really was. Was he actually the monster that our collective imagination has retained?” Serguei Bodrov
