Mongol Second International Trailer

A second international trailer has been released for Sergei Bodrov's movie Mongol.
The film follow the rise of Genhis Khan (played by Tadanobu Asano) from his childhood to his supremacy over the Mongolian tribes.

Here below Mongol International Trailer 2:

Greatness comes to those who take it!
Besides an interesting plot Mongol is a movie with a gorgeous scenery.
;-)

Mongol International Trailer

Mongol (Russian: Монгол) is a an historical war film directed by Sergei Bodrov. The story recounts the life of the young Genghis Khan. It is said to be be the first in a trilogy about Genghis Khan's life. Mongol should be released in June 2008 in the USA.

By the way this movie was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as a submission from Kazakhstan.

Here below the international trailer of Mongol in English:

Plot:
"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. As a boy he passes through starvation, humiliations and even slavery, but later with the help of his love Borte he overcomes all of his childhood hardships to become one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known." (Source: Wikipedia)

I love historical movies. And with this one I'm thinked I'm going to be spoiled!
Hurrah for Mongol!
:)

Mongol Preview Clips

Here below some preview clips from Mongol:

Even a blood thirsty conqueror may have been a starry-eyed teen...


The best sword.
Genghis Khan gives the best sword to a middle-man and decides to share his part of the booty with the grass root soldiers.


New master
The middle-man has decided to follow Genghis Khan after he shared his booty. But his former master isn't quite happy with this...


Five ropes for this slave.
Genghis Khan is sold for 5 ropes in a slave market.


How scary the Mongols were!
Watching this preview of Mongol I can understand why European peasants were afraid of an invasion by those Asian Barbarians... No wonder Genghis Khan hasn't been forgotten till today!
:-[

Mongol Russian Trailers

Here below the Russian trailers for Mongol:

I think the Russian voice emphasizes the exoticism of this movie. And I do like it!
:)

Mongol Poster

Here below some posters from Mongol, upcoming movie about the life of Genghis Khan, first film of a trilogy to come.
(Click on a poster to enlarge it.)

MONGOL The rise to power of Genghis Khan.

The developement of a commercial cinema industry in the countries of the former Soviet Union means more choice for the world! That's great! I hope we'll see more movies such as Mongol coming from the East.
:)

Mongol Pictures

Here below some pictures from Mongol, first movie of a scheduled trilogy that follows the life of Genghis Khan:
(click on a picture to enlarge it)

That's a vivid historical reconstitution!
:)