Summaries

The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world in 1206.

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.—jck movies

Details

Keywords
  • slave
  • genghis khan
  • mongolia
  • 12th century
  • warlord
Genres
  • Action
  • Drama
  • History
  • War
  • Biography
Release date Sep 19, 2007
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Germany Russia Kazakhstan
Language Mandarin Mongolian
Filming locations Inner Mongolia, China
Production companies CTB Film Company Andreevsky Flag Film Company X-Filme Creative Pool

Box office

Budget $18000000
Gross US & Canada $5705761
Opening weekend US & Canada $135326
Gross worldwide $26527510

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 6m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital EX
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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.

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