Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan"
Монгол (2007)
Timing:
2:5 (125 min)
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Actors and characters
Aliya
Character Oelun
Baasanjav Mijid
Character Esugei
He Qi
Character Dai-Sechen
Ben Hon Sun
Character Monk
Ji Ri Mu Tu
Character Boorchu
You Er
Character Sorgan-Shira
Huntun Batu
Character Altan
Deng Ba Te Er
Character Daritai
Bao Di
Character Todoen
Su Ya La Su Rong
Character Girkhai
Sai Xing Ga
Character Chiledu
Tegen Ao
Character Charkhu
Zhang Jiong
Character Tangut Garrison Chief
Odnyam Odsuren
Character Young Temudjin
Bayertsetseg Erdenebat
Character Young Börte
Amarbold Tuvshinbayar
Character Young Jamukha
Ba Ti
Character Juchi
Li Jiaqi
Character Mungun
Bu Ren
Character Taichar
Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge
Character Temulun
Ba De Rong Gui
Character Young Taichar
Ba Te
Character Khasar
Tunga
Character Sochikhel
What's left behind the scenes
- Filming took place mostly in Kazakhstan and China. In China, it was organized in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China with a larger population of Mongols than Mongolia itself.
- Film director Sergei Bodrov and artist Dashi Namdakov specifically requested permission from the supreme shaman of Mongolia in the country's capital, Ulaanbaatar, to film a movie about Genghis Khan. He replied that many had spoken about filming such a movie, but they were the first to ask his permission.
- Filming took 14 months. 400 people worked on the film (300 from China and 100 from Russia). Over 1,500 extras were involved. Due to the participation of representatives from so many nationalities (Germans, Mongols, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, Ukrainians, Kazakhs), a team of 30 translators was constantly present on set.
- The film's epigraph is the Mongolian proverb, "Do not despise the weak cub, for he may turn out to be the son of a tiger."
- Over 1,500 riders were involved in the final battle scene. Their arrival from Kazakhstan to Inner Mongolia, where filming took place, had to be organized. The riders were not actors, and it took 2 months to train them to work in front of the camera.
- During breaks in filming, many extras consumed alcohol, which often led to quarrels between representatives of different nationalities. The filmmakers bought several soccer balls in the hope of distracting people from alcohol. This helped for a while, but soon the extras returned to the bottle. After that, the second assistant director came up with the idea of hiring singers and dancers. They were brought to the filming location, where they performed for the extras during breaks between shooting mass scenes. The problem was solved.
- Prior to filming scenes with Temujin, played by Tadanobu Asano, and Borte, played by Khulan Chuluun, director Sergei Bodrov forbade the actors from seeing each other and deliberately kept them apart. Bodrov did not want the actors to feel too comfortable in each other's company, as their characters had lived apart for several years.
- Some of the locations chosen for filming were in such remote areas that roads had to be built to transport the filming equipment.
- The film was shot in such a remote location that daily work with the footage was simply impossible. Fresh material had to be sent to Hamburg, Germany for development, and then returned to China for viewing. This process took 3 weeks, whereas usually filmed material is developed and returned to the filmmakers within 24 hours.
- Before appearing on screen as Borte, Khulan Chuluun studied to be a journalist and had never acted in a film before. Gulshat Omarova, responsible for casting, was tasked by director Sergei Bodrov with searching for a suitable actress in Mongolia. Her search for an actress for the role of Borte was unsuccessful. Disappointed, Omarova went to the Chinese embassy to extend her visa to return to China. It was at the embassy that she accidentally came across Chuluun and persuaded her to audition.
- Before filming scenes involving Temujin (Tadanobu Asano) and Börte (Hulan Chuluun), director Sergei Bodrov prevented the actors from seeing each other and kept them apart, so they wouldn't feel too comfortable in each other's company, as their characters had lived apart for several years.
- The film is prefaced with the Mongolian proverb, “Do not despise the weak cub, for he may turn out to be the son of a tiger.”
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