Genghis Khan (1965) ( Dschingis Khan ) ( Dzingis-Kan )

Genghis Khan (1965) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dschingis Khan
Alternate Title: Dzingis-Kan
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )
Yugoslavia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Henry Levin

Written By:
Beverley Cross
Berkely Mather

Actors:
Stephen Boyd ..... Jamuga
Omar Sharif ..... Temujin, later Genghis Khan
James Mason ..... Kam Ling
Eli Wallach ..... Shah of Khwarezm
Françoise Dorléac ..... Bortei (as Francoise Dorleac)
Telly Savalas ..... Shan
Robert Morley ..... Emperor of China
Michael Hordern ..... Geen
Yvonne Mitchell ..... Katke
Woody Strode ..... Sengal
Kenneth Cope ..... Subotai
Roger Croucher ..... Massar
Don Borisenko ..... Jebai
Patrick Holt ..... Kuchiuk
Susanne Hsiao ..... Chin Yu

Synopsis:

Mostly fictionalized account of the life of Ghenghis Khan, the Mongol warlord whose 13th century armies conquered much of the known world. Named Temujin, he was taken prisoner by the rival warlord Jamuga and as punishment was forced to wear a large round wooden stock that severely restricted his movements. With the help of two supporters, the wise-man Geen and the strongman Sengal he manages to escape. He now begins his quest to unify all of the Mongol tribes. He faces great success but his old nemesis Jemuga keeps appearing at various times in his life leader to a final battle between the two.

The internationally produced historical epic Genghis Khan sometimes wavers uncertainly between spectacle and self-parody. Though Omar Sharif essays the title role, top billing is bestowed upon Stephen Boyd as Genghis Khan's mentor-turned-enemy Jamuga. It's hard to generate audience sympathy for a Mongolian leader who laid waste to much of the civilized world, but Sharif manages to pull it off. While the battle scenes are impressive, the most memorable sequence involves an outsized fireworks display (which turns out to be a clever bit of military strategy). James Mason is amusing as an epigrammatic Chinese leader, Eli Wallach is appropriately hissable as the film's main villain, and the late Francoise Dorleac is decorative as the romantic bone of contention between Genghis Khan and Jamuga. Most of the film was lensed in Yugoslavia, a country that served as a generic location for many a historical pageant of the 1960s and 1970s.

This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India, China, Persia, Korea and parts of Russia, Europe and Middle-East.

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