Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Honglei Sun, Khulan Chuluun, Odnyam Odsuren, Aliya, Ba Sen, Amadu Mamadakov, Ba Yin Qi Qi Ge, He Qi, Sun Ben Hou, Tegen Ao, Bao Di, Deng Ba Te Er, You Er, Sai Xing Ga, Amadu Mamadakov, Li Jia Qi, Bu Ren, Su Ya La Su Rong, Ba Te, Ba Ti, Ba Tu, Ji Ri Mu Tu

Directors: Sergei Bodrov
Writers: Arif Aliyev, Sergei Bodrov
Producers: Sergei Bodrov, Anton Melnik, Sergei Selyanov
Co-Producers: Stefan Arndt, Manuela Stehr
Executive Producers: Bob Berney, Bulat Galimgereyev, Alec Schulmann
Art Direction: Wang Min Kwa, Hai Ming Xiang
Casting: Han Wei Biao, Gulshat Omarova, Ui Ri Ji Tu
Costume Design: Karin Lohr
D.O.P.: Rogier Stoffers, Sergei Trofimov
Editor: Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Zach Staenberg
Music: Tuomas Kantelinen
Production Design: Dashi Namdakov
Set Decoration: Xin Wei An

Based on leading scholarly accounts and written by Bodrov and Arif Aliyev, "Mongol" delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of hoary stereotype, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. "Mongol" shows us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.

Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, "Mongol" transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad's landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu ("Zatoichi," "Last Life in the Universe") captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror.

Asano's achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Temudgin's courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun ("The Road Home") as the Mongol chieftain Jamukha, Temudgin's dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Cinematographic Process: Super 35
Filming Locations: China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia
Film Negative Format: 35mm
MPAA Warning: Sequences of Bloody Warfare
Production Budget: $20 million
Production Companies: Andreevsky Flag Film Company, Kinofabrika GmbH, Kinokompaniya CTB, X-Filme Creative Pool
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb

- Kazakhstan's official submission in the Foreign Language Film category for the 80th Academy Awards .

- A battle scene required 1500 horses and riders. These had to be imported from Kazakhstan to China. The riders, not being professional actors, needed 2 months of training.

- Some locations were so remote that the crew had to build roads to access them.

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