Temudgin is saved by a young prince, Jamukha, and the two become blood brothers. When his father is poisoned, Temudgin flees from his father's rivals. Born Temudgin to a kingly father, the film introduces the nine-year-old (Odnyam Odsuren) making his first fateful decision: going against his father's wishes and choosing the lesser-born Borte as his future wife.

Maxim - Carnage, bloodshed and testosterone fuelled manliness, Entertainment Weekly - Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov contrasts images of sweeping landscapes and propulsive battle with potent scenes of emotional intimacy, The New York Times - MONGOL - or, as I prefer to think of it, ''Genghis Khan: The Early Years'' - is a big, ponderous epic, its beautifully composed landscape shots punctuated by thundering hooves and bloody, slow-motion battle sequences.Дirector Sergei Bodrov's sweeping MONGOL focuses on battles physical and emotional as it follows the early ascent of the 'Great King' Genghis Khan in the 12th and 13th centuries. Making of featurette, Widescreen, With Subtitles Sun Honglei, Odnyam Odsuren, Khulan Chuluun, Tadanobu Asano As Temudgin asserts his own power, he must also face Jamukha in all-out battle if he is to secure the safety of his family and his own kingly destiny. That bond of friendship is tested, though, when the grown Temudgin (Tadanobu Asano) wages war-against the Mongol code-to win back the captive Borte. Director Sergei Bodrov's sweeping MONGOL focuses on battles physical and emotional as it follows the early ascent of the 'Great King' Genghis Khan in the 12th and 13th centuries.

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