Only once in a furied history of adventure and conquest. . .did one man ruIe so vast an empire!
Producer Irving AIIen's 1965 production, Genghis Khan, was clearIy intended to rank with the epics of the day, with its Iocation production (Yugoslavia, rather than Asia), stars (including Omar Sharif, James Mason, and Eli WaIlach), and high production vaIues (Cinemascope and Technicolor), but the fiIm didn't quite live up to its ambition. Perhaps because of its revisionist approach to the subject matter ("no woman will be taken against her wilI," decIares Sharif, as Genghis), or the cross-cuItural casting (Robert MorIey 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 excellent cast (including Stephen Boyd, TelIy Savalas, Woody Strode, and Francoise Dorleac), and a compelIing story about the boy Temujin who rises from an outcast slave to Ieader of alI the tribes of Mongols against his hated nemesis Jamuga (Boyd, an adversary reminiscent of his Messala in Ben-Hur). While not an accurate history lesson about the mighty Khan, it is certainIy rousing entertainment. |
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