Russian director Sergei Bodrov’s revisionist biographical epic, the first film in a projected trilogy, casts Mongol warrior Genghis Khan in a kinder, gentler light.
1181: Nine-year-old Temudgin, the son of tribal leader Khan Esugei (Ba Sen), makes a trip with his father to choose a bride from the Mirkit clan, a move designed to heal the rift Esugei caused years earlier when he kidnapped Temudgin’s mother, Oelun (Aliya), from her Mirkit husband. But during a stopover in the village of the Onggirat clan, Temudgin meets the bold, outspoken Borte, and decides that she will be his wife. On the way home, Esugei is poisoned by a rival tribe, and his son is marked f...
Released:
2007
Rated:
R
Length:
121 mins