Summaries

For young Australian adventurer Tim Cope, this was the journey of a lifetime - travelling 10,000 kms alone on horseback across the Eurasian steppe through Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary. From the former Mongol capital Karakorum to the Danube, Tim retraced the path of the first nomads and followed the route taken by legendary Genghis Khan as he forged his great empire. Over three and a half gruelling years, and guided by an old Kazakh wisdom - "to understand the wolf, you must put on the skin of a wolf and look through its eyes" - Tim lived just as the ancient nomads did. The extreme challenges gave Tim empathy and insight into the nomadic way of life, and as a young man growing up, the journey became a personal rite of passage. At the end of his journey, Tim arrived on the Danube having achieved the first crossing of the steppe in modern times.

Details

Keywords
  • journey
  • nature
  • horseman
  • hospitality
  • nomadic
Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Feb 21, 2010
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Germany Australia
Filming locations Altai Mountains, Mongolia
Production companies Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Orana Films

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Tech specs

Runtime 2h 52m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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