MONGOL THE RISE TO POWER OF GENGHIS KHAN (2007)

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This lavishly photographed and costumed action-drama-epic sticks to what we know of Genghis's early years, although that's not much, telling the story of how a young tribal boy overcame many obstacles, including slavery, to become a legendary conqueror. The widescreen suits this 'big sky' country and there is something remarkably authentic about the yurts and the costumes. Chosen for marriage, at the age of nine, by a female child, Borte, while he thinks he's doing the chosing, she becomes one of his greatest assets as he battles his enemies and, by his forties, has united the Mongols under one leader and is set to conquer a large swathe of Eurasia.