Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
(2007)
★ 6.8 IMDb · 801 votes
Year: 2007
Runtime: 125 мин
Country: Germany, Kazakhstan
Director: Сергей Бодров
Cast: Таданобу Асано, 孙红雷, Чулууны Хулан, 巴森, Амаду Мамадаков, He Qi, Ben Hon Sun, Джи Ри Му Ту, You Er, Huntun Batu
Plot
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century.
The epic story of a young Genghis Khan and how events in his early life led 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, humiliation, and even slavery, but later with Börte's help he overcomes all of his childhood hardships to become one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known.