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Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan ()

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

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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 12 nominations.
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Cast

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Temudjin
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Jamukha
Khulan Chuluun ...
Börte
Aliya ...
Oelun - Temudjin's Mother
Baasanjav Mijid ...
Esugei - Temudjin's Father (as Ba Sen)
Amadu Mamadakov ...
Targutai
He Qi ...
Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun ...
Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu ...
Boorchu
Ayuur ...
Sorgan-Shira (as A You Er)
Huntun Batu ...
Altan (as Hong Jong Ba Tu)
Deng Ba Te Er ...
Daritai (as E Er Deng Ba Te Er)
Bao Di ...
Todoen
Su Ya La Su Rong ...
Girkhai (as Su You Le Si Ren)
Sai Xing Ga ...
Chiledu
Tegen Ao ...
Charkhu
Zhang Jiong ...
Tangut Garrison Chief
Odnyam Odsuren ...
Young Temudjin
Bayertsetseg Erdenebat ...
Young Börte
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar ...
Young Jamukha
Ba Ti ...
Juchi
Jiaqi Li ...
Mungun
Bu Ren ...
Taichar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Te Ba ...
Khasar
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Slave Trader (as Bayin)
Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge ...
Temulun
Ba De Rong Gui ...
Young Taichar
Naryn Igilik ...
Tatar
Tunga ...
Sochikhel
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Mongol

Directed by

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Sergei Bodrov ... (as Sergey Bodrov Sr.)

Written by

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Arif Aliev ... () &
Sergei Bodrov ... () (as Sergey Bodrov Sr.)

Produced by

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Stefan Arndt ... co-producer
Luis Astorquia ... co-executive producer
Bob Berney ... executive producer
Sergei Bodrov ... producer (as Sergey Bodrov Sr.)
Thomas Eirich-Schneider ... assistant line producer: Germany (as Thomas Schneider)
Bulat Galimgereyev ... executive producer
Marcos Kantis ... line producer: Germany
Anton Melnik ... producer
Ulli Neumann ... line producer: Germany
Gulnara Sarsenova ... co-producer (co-produced by)
Alec Schulmann ... executive producer
Sergey Selyanov ... producer
Manuela Stehr ... co-producer
Maria Ushakova ... line producer
Max Wang ... line producer: China

Music by

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Tuomas Kantelinen

Cinematography by

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Rogier Stoffers
Sergey Trofimov

Editing by

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Zach Staenberg
Valdís Óskarsdóttir

Editorial Department

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Sergey Dolgosheyn ... post-production producer
Ken Gales ... avid technician
Fyodor Kalugin ... assistant editor: Moscow
Olya Li ... post-production assistant: Russia
Andrey Mesnyankin ... pregrade colorist
Marcel Peragine ... additional editing
Sönke Saalfeld ... additional editor
Hervé Schneid ... additional editor
Jessica Schulte ... first assistant editor: Los Angeles

Casting By

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Han Wei Biao
Gulshat Omarova
Ui Ri Ji Tu

Production Design by

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Dashi Namdakov

Art Direction by

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Wang Min Kwa
Hai Ming Xiang
Elena Zhukova

Set Decoration by

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Xin Wei An

Costume Design by

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Karin Lohr

Makeup Department

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Cui Yu Bao ... makeup artist
Weijie Dong ... makeup artist
An Hyung Gon ... special makeup effects artist
Xiaojun Jiang ... makeup artist
Hyun Ju Lee ... special makeup effects artist
Chang Zheng Lui ... makeup artist
Pingjie Peng ... makeup artist
Jae-ho Shin ... special makeup effects artist
Ying-Kwan Tam ... makeup artist
Xu Qui Wen ... key hair stylist
Xiaohai Yang ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Andreas Dobers ... post-production supervisor: Germany
Qe Er ... production manager
Yingchun Fang ... unit production manager
Zhou Xue Feng ... production manager
De Hai Fu ... production manager
Maria Lavnikovich ... production manager
Boris Mang ... post-production manager: Germany / post-production supervisor: Germany
Greg Spence ... post-production supervisor: Los Angeles
Battulga Ulziisaikhan ... production manager
Bin Zhang ... unit manager
Xia Zhang ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Anna Bass ... third assistant director
Xiaoyang Chang ... first assistant director
Xi Dzi ... first assistant director: second unit
Ui Hong ... third assistant director
Naryn Igilik ... first assistant director: second unit
Doo-hong Jung ... second unit director: stunt
Dmitri Liu ... second assistant director
Zhao Meng ... second assistant director
Ding Xiao Nang ... third assistant director
Gulshat Omarova ... second unit director

Art Department

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Talgat Asyrankulov ... storyboard artist
De Wen Bai ... props
Nikita Bestuzhev ... storyboard artist
Jianjun Chen ... set dresser
Ri Gang Chen ... art team leader
Ri Xin Chen ... props
Li Bao Dong ... set dresser
Hongsheng Guo ... props (as Hong Sheng Guo)
Bai Jun ... set dresser
Bao-Tai Li ... property master
Jian Guang Pei ... set dresser
Zhixiang Shi ... construction coordinator / set designer
Chai Yong ... set dresser
Xiao Ming Zhang ... assistant art director
Jing Tao Zhao ... assistant art director
Yan Zhuang ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Ran Bi ... boom operator
Yue Chen ... boom operator
Thomas Knop ... sound effects editor
Stephan Konken ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Martin Langenbach ... foley artist
Amedeo Malagia ... sound recordist
Erik Mischijew ... ambiences editor / sound ambiance
Rob Nokes ... additional sound effects library
Tobias Peper ... foley editor
Laurent Rodriguez ... boom operator
Bruno Tarrière ... sound mixer
Hartmut Teschemacher ... additional sound re-recording mixer / sound effects editor
Hong Yu Xie ... boom operator: second unit
Guido Zettier ... sound effects editor
Hui Zhang ... sound engineer: second unit

Special Effects by

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Shen Zai Cho ... special effects technician
Jung Do-ahn ... special effects makeup
Shizhen Guo ... special effects assistant
Lijiang Li ... special effects
Huiguo Lu ... special effects
Kyung-soo Park ... special effects makeup artist
Yoon Hyung Tue ... special effects makeup
Zhanxiang Wang ... special effects supervisor (as Zhan Xiang Wang)
Jianping Xia ... special effects coordinator
Mingxian Zhang ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Ronney Afortu ... colorist
Nikita Argunov ... cgi supervisor
Anupam Biswas ... Digital Compositor: Redchillies vfx
Gregory Chalenko ... senior compositor: CGF
Andrey Chechetkin ... compositor
Arkadiy Demchenko ... digital compositor
Arkadiy Dubinin ... digital compositor
Yevhen Shpylivyi Evgeny Shpilivoi ... visual effects artist (as Evgeny Shpilivoi)
Dirk Frischmuth ... digital compositor
Aleksandr Gorokhov ... vfx supervisor
Nikolay Goryaev ... digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Alexey Gusev ... visual effects producer: Algous Studio (as Aleksey Gusev) / visual effects supervisor (as Aleksey Gusev)
Frank Hellmann ... DI supervisor
Denis Ivanov ... technical support
Elena Karpunkina ... digital compositor
Kirill Kemnits ... visual effects coordinator
Ton Kern ... digital effects artist: Algous Studio (as Toni Aks)
Timur Khodzhaev ... digital effects artist (as Timur Khodjaev)
Mikhail Lesin ... CTO: Main Road Post
Mikhail Malov ... visual effects producer
Andrey Mesnyankin ... visual effects supervisor: Postproduction.ru
Larisa Misyukova ... digital compositor
Maria Mitina ... compositor
Oleg Muranov ... digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Sergey Muravev ... visual effects supervisor
Elena Pestrikova ... digital artist
Yuriy Rudakov ... computer graphics artist
Maria Scobelkina ... digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Dennis Sedov ... digital effects
Markus 'Maggi' Selchow ... compositor
Mikhail Semyonov ... digital compositor
Elvir Sharifullin ... digital artist
Denys Shchukin ... visual effects artist
Ilya Shutov ... compositing artist / digital compositor
Maxim Sychev ... visual effects supervisor
Dmitriy Tokoyakov ... visual effects supervisor
Alexey Uskov ... cg generalist: CGF
Alexey Volkov ... digital effects artist: Algous Studio
Alexander Volos ... digital compositor (as Alexander Kuzmin)
Ilya Vostrov ... digital artist: previz
Arman Yahin ... visual effects supervisor (as Arman Yakhin)
Apollinary Zakharov ... digital artist
Andrey Zhidkov ... digital effects artist

Stunts

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Shokan Aimarov ... stunts
Nurlan Altaev ... stunts
Aleksandr Baranov ... stunts
Daniyar Beissekov ... stunts
Nurbek Bolotov ... stunts
Oleg Botin ... stunts
Murat Burkhanov ... stunts
Aibek Daudov ... stunts
Sultan Dikambaev ... stunts
Kurban Dodarhodzhev ... stunts
German Galuaev ... stunts
Heo Myeong Haeng ... stunt performer
Lee Hakchul ... stunt arranger
Ji Juong Hyun ... assistant to action director
Beibut Khomikov ... stunts
Oleg Korytin ... stunt coordinator
Kanat Kudyarov ... stunts
Zhaidarbek Kunguzhinov ... action director / stunt double
Edilbek Moldogaliev ... stunts
Sergey Nosulenko ... stunts
Ilichbek Nuraev ... stunts
Valeriy Rybin ... assistant stunt coordinator
Toichubek Serkebayev ... stunts
Eric Shaipulov ... stunts
Radik Shakhmayev ... stunts (as Radik Shakmayev)
Nodirbek Shaymardanov ... stunts
Lyobov Volkova ... stunts
Almat Yelegenov ... stunts
Byung Joon Yoon ... stunt coordinator
Jin-Yool Yoon ... stunt coordinator
Jalolitdin Yuldashev ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Assia Bodrova ... third assistant camera: second unit
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan ... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Chan Chan ... lighting technician
Edmond Chan ... focus puller: "b" camera
Raymond Chan ... video operator
Sing-Hang Chan ... lighting grip
Tat-Chuen Cheung ... grip
Chak Piu Chiu ... clapper loader: "a" camera
Florian Emmerich ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Guan Fei ... camera loader
Jimmy Fok ... best boy grip
Rafik Galeev ... camera operator: second unit
Mika Gamzyan ... first assistant camera
Sergey Gulin ... focus puller: second unit
Kohki Hasei ... still photographer
Naryn Igilik ... photographer
Elena Ivanova ... director of photography: second unit
Louis Jong ... key grip
Deng Qing Jun ... grip
Wing Chai Ko ... lighting grip
Raymond Kwong ... grip
Khasan Kydyraliyev ... director of photography: second unit
Chun-Shing Lam ... key electrician
Chun-Wan Lam ... gaffer
Wai-Kwan Lau ... clapper loader: "b" camera
Wing-Fai Lau ... crane operator (as Steven Lau)
Wing-Hong Leung ... dolly grip (as Wing Hong Leung)
Lifa Lin ... electrician
Gengxin Lü ... camera operator: second unit (as Gengxin Lu)
Brett Matthews ... focus puller
Ming Hang Ng ... lighting grip
Yick Hang Pang ... grip
Wu Chang Quing ... electrician
Kirill Roschin ... third assistant camera: main unit
Aleksey Solodov ... camera operator
Igor Vereshchagin ... still photographer
Shing Wai ... lighting grip
Fan Wang ... assistant to director of photography
Jia Wei ... focus puller
Cao Chun Xi ... electrician
Di Zhen Xiang ... grip
Xiao Ping Xu ... second assistant camera: second unit
Wang Jian You ... first assistant camera: second unit / focus puller: second unit
Alexander Zabrin ... still photographer
Viktor Zubarev ... steadicam operator
Alexey Gusev ... camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Wuri ... assistant casting director: China

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Jun Chai ... wardrobe master
Liao Xiao Chang ... wardrobe
Deng Xue Fen ... costumer
Jin-Hua Gu ... wardrobe
Bao-Rong Huang ... costume supervisor
Feng Huo ... wardrobe
Ruibo Jia ... costumer
Chang Li ... wardrobe
Dongliang Li ... costumer
Zhang Li ... wardrobe
Jie Liu ... wardrobe
Yang Lui ... wardrobe
Hongyan Ma ... wardrobe
Susanne Platz ... assistant costume designer
Cäcilia Radig ... costume aging assistant
Till Schuster ... costume aging
Pei Gui Ting ... wardrobe master
Rong Wang ... wardrobe
Li Jian Xin ... costumer
Feng Xu ... wardrobe
Zhi-Bin Zhao ... wardrobe master

Location Management

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Mingku Gao ... location manager (as Gau Ming Ku)
Ding Wang ... location manager (as Wan Ding)
Xue Jun Wang ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Mark Berrow ... musician: violin
Trevor Doyle ... assistant to Tuomas Kantelinen
Matt Dunkley ... orchestrator
Tuomas Kantelinen ... conductor
Thomas Knop ... music editor
Maksim Koshevarov ... orchestrator
Everton Nelson ... musician: violin
Marcel Peragine ... music editor: the young Dschingis Kahn
Sharon Smith ... music editor: temps
Altan Urag ... composer: additional music
Warren Zielinski ... musician: violin
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Allen Walley ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Gulmira Karchalova ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Bai Ming Fu ... assistant transportation captain
Sun Le Fang ... transportation captain: Inner Mongolia
Fu Fa Ming ... transportation captain
Dong Zheng ... assistant transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Jia Ai ... accommodation manager
Ran An ... playback technician
Yannis Banuls ... production assistant
Helene Borgardt ... accountant: Kinofabrika
Naranbaatar Byamzhav ... assistant: Khulan Chuluun
Liu Chang Cai ... assistant accountant: China
Jenny Cazelles ... technical supervisor: VCC avid systems
Si Chao ... dialogue coach
Guiling Chen ... production assistant
Clemens Danzer ... client contact: Arri Rental, Germany
Thomas Diesselhorst ... scan operator
Li Zhen Duo ... customs coordinator
Thomas Eirich-Schneider ... production assistant (as Thomas Schneider)
Jens Fischer ... lab project manager: Atlantik Film
Solongo Gankhuyag ... dialogue coach
Janina Gerkens ... avid assistant: Sky Editorial
Frank J. Gruber ... legal affairs: USA
Chengzhao Guo ... assistant accommodation manager (as Guo Cheng Zhao)
Da Hao ... playback technician
Cordula Herrmann ... controller: X-Filme
Walter Hoeft ... business affairs Kinofabrika
Tongshun Ji ... accountant: China
Ma Jun ... production assistant
Joachim Kafemann ... travel agent: Germany
Olga Kashirina ... on-set interpreter
Oleg Khimin ... cinematheka technical supervisor: avid systems
Harald Lehmann ... technical supervisor: Optical Art
Mark J. Levenstein ... production executive
Yang Ley Ley ... assistant accountant: China
Jing Li ... assistant: Karin Lohr
Olya Li ... office manager / production coordinator: Russia
Skady Lis ... production coordinator: Germany
Jun Ma ... production assistant
Zarina Mamyrculova ... production coordinator: Kazakhstan
Santiago Munoz ... trainee
Yui Naito ... assistant: Tadanobu Asano
Jessica Petzold ... production assistant
Tatyana Polyanskaya ... accountant: Andreevsky Flag
Svetlana Ponomareva ... chief accountant
Bastian Pruetzmann ... senior head of client contact: Arri Rental Germany
Luydmila Rucks ... controller: Kinofabrika
Lyudmila Rucks ... accountant: Kinofabrika
Tatiana Ryabova ... assistant: Svetlana Ponomareve
Siwa Sangaran ... production assistant
Constanze Schuster ... aging artist
Marina Shik ... poster design by - uncredited (as Marina Shirokova)
Shirley Song ... production coordinator: China
Andro Steinborn ... business and legal affaires: X-Filme
Yui Tamae ... assistant
Angela Tippel ... VCC: avid assistant
Iskender Utyushev ... technical co-ordinator
Mabinte van de Belt ... trainee
Gaofeng Wang ... production assistant
Tian Wei ... assistant production coordinator
Manfred Zacher ... legal affairs: Kinofabrika
Nadezhda Zatsepina ... assistant: Svetlana Ponomareva
Ou Zhi Zhong ... assistant: accommodation manager
Steve Kesmodel ... credits administrator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Battulga Ulziisaikhan ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Written by jck movies

Plot Keywords
Taglines Greatness comes to those who take it. See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Монгол (Russia)
  • Der Mongole (Germany)
  • Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (United States)
  • Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (Egypt, English title)
  • Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (World-wide, English title)
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Runtime
  • 126 min
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Box Office

Budget $20,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Russia RUR69,406,106, 23 Sep 2007

Did You Know?

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Trivia Director Sergei Bodrov and Production Designer Dashi Namdakov visited Mongolia's chief shaman in the capital city of Ulan Bator, so that they could ask permission to film a movie about Genghis Khan's life. The shaman told them that of all the people who have talked about making such a film, they were the only ones to ask his permission. See more »
Goofs The Mongolian tribes, including the hordes that conquered their vast empire, rode on a very peculiar race of horses, stocky build, with relatively short legs and a large head. The horses used in the movie look like ordinary western horses See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008). See more »
Soundtracks Beginning See more »
Quotes Jamukha: I want to ask you: All Mongols fear the thunder... but not you?
Temudjin: I had no place to hide from the thunder... so I wasn't afraid anymore.
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