His Mongol army stays in Peking for a long period, training, learning, and growing complacent. He does so, but then she is recaptured by Jamuga, who rapes her before Temujin can steal her back.Ī stranded Chinese ambassador is helped out by Temujin, who accompanies the diplomat into Song China, where he is proclaimed 'Genghis Khan, the Prince of Conquerors'. Raids along caravan routes gradually increase the size of his army, and then Temujin decides to capture and take as his wife the young Bortai. Temujin then escapes and hides in the hills, followed by Geen and Sengal, who pledge their allegiance to the man vowing to unite all the Mongol tribes.

He meets the young Bortai after an act of kindness to her, but is punished by Jamuga. Held prisoner, he is yoked into a large wooden wheel around his neck and tormented by the tribal children. The young Temujin ( Omar Sharif) sees his father tortured and killed by a rival tribe led by Jamuga ( Stephen Boyd). It was filmed in Yugoslavia with Technicolor and Panavision. Distributed in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1965 by Columbia Pictures, the film also features James Mason, Stephen Boyd, Eli Wallach, Françoise Dorléac and Telly Savalas.Ī 70 mm version was released by CCC Film in West Germany. Genghis Khan is a 1965 adventure film directed by Henry Levin and starring Omar Sharif, depicting a fictionalized account of the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan.

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