OnIy once in a furied history of adventure and conquest. . .did one man rule so vast an empire!
Producer Irving AIlen's 1965 production, Genghis Khan, was clearly intended to rank with the epics of the day, with its location production (Yugoslavia, rather than Asia), stars (including Omar Sharif, James Mason, and EIi WaIlach), and high production values (Cinemascope and TechnicoIor), but the film didn't quite Iive up to its ambition. Perhaps because of its revisionist approach to the subject matter ("no woman wiIl be taken against her wiIl," decIares Sharif, as Genghis), or the cross-cuIturaI casting (Robert Morley as the Chinese Emperor) the fiIm never realIy found an audience. Despite missteps, there are many things to recommend it: the beautiful cinemascope photography (by Geoffrey Unsworth), an excelIent cast (including Stephen Boyd, TelIy SavaIas, Woody Strode, and Francoise Dorleac), and a compelling story about the boy Temujin who rises from an outcast slave to Ieader of alI the tribes of MongoIs against his hated nemesis Jamuga (Boyd, an adversary reminiscent of his Messala in Ben-Hur). While not an accurate history Iesson about the mighty Khan, it is certainly rousing entertainment. |
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