Military Tuesday : Mongol HD Trailer - The Rise of Genghis Khan
A HD trailer for Sergei Bodrov’s film on the infamous Temüjin who rose from a impoverished tribesman to become leader of the united Mongol tribes and later founder of the vast Mongol empire which stretched from central Asia to modern-day cities of Kiev in the borthwest and Baghdad in the southwest at its peak under his son Ögedei Khan.
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Interestingly, the English version of the official Russian site names the film as Mongol : Part One which means that there might be a sequel to this film which received a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2007 Academy Awards.
From the trailer released at Apple Trailers, it appears that Mongol covers mainly Temüjin’s early years as the son of a Mongolian chieftain to his capture by raiders of another Mongolian tribe and later, his marriage with Borte at the age of 16. The abduction and subsequent rescue of his wife from Merkit tribesmen (below) is also portrayed in this film.
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Some captures from the HD trailer.
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Heavy cavalry with dual sabres - not too sure if these cavalry were Mongolian since I have never read about them being armed or armoured in this way.
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Wonder which nation did this banner represent?
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The Mongol hordes
While Genghis Khan was definitely a great and brillant leader, the extremely brutal result of some of the Mongol campaigns must have left a massive stain on his legacy - I read over at War and Game that an estimated 80,000 to 1,000,000 citzens were massacred after the successful siege of Baghdad in 1258.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this film will be shown in Singapore when it’s released later this year 
Download the HD trailer for Mongol or visit the official site / official Russian site (English version).
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I don’t remember Mongolians being armoured either. Legend has it that Mongolian horses gallop silently. Only the noise of their hooves could be heard.
Yes most of their cavalry were lightly armoured. There were some heavy cavalry but not to the extent in the movie. Maybe those aren’t Mongols … gotta watch the movie to find out
About the silent horses, I’ll check that out - haven’t heard of that before.
Hopefully, Cathay or some other cinema brings it to Singapore.
I see that infamous russian producer film about Chinngis khaan and mongols. Don’t trust a single episode from this film. Because of the shame that have russians through 13-17 centuries this russian comic acting like that. If you want have a fully and most trully version of mongols and Chinngis khaan in 13-th century you should watch the Inner Mongolia’s film “Chinngis Khaan” presented in 2006. If there will be Oscar nomination for the films with many part’s definetly this film will be win Oscar.
Today many nations (including Russia and China) trying to hide and keep out the truth (and also own nation’s shame!)about Chinngis Khaan and Mongols during their astonishing conquer.
Thanks, Battsengel, I’ll keep it in mind when I watch this film when it arrives in Singapore.
I read several books on the Mongols though - have to see if the film does follow the accepted history of the Mongol empire.