Genghis Khan (1965 film)

Infobox Film | name = Genghis Khan


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director = Henry Levin
producer = Irving Allen
writer = Beverley Cross (screenplay)/Berkely Mather (story)/Clarke Reynolds (screenplay)
starring = Omar Sharif/Stephen Boyd/James Mason/Susanne Hsiao
music = Dušan Radić
cinematography = Geoffrey Unsworth
editing = Geoffrey Foot
distributor = Columbia Pictures
released = May 23, 1966
runtime = 127 minutes
country = UK
YUG
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0059219

"Genghis Khan" is among the most famous film versions depicting the life and conquests of the Mongol emperor Genghis Khan. It was released in the United Kingdom and the United States in 1965 by Columbia Pictures, and was directed by Henry Levin, and starred Omar Sharif, who that same year starred in another epic, "Doctor Zhivago". The film also starred James Mason. A 70 mm version of the film was released in West Germany. It was actually filmed in Yugoslavia.

This was also the film debut of three less notable actors: Roger Croucher, Carlo Cura, and Yvonne Shima.

Cast

*Stephen Boyd (Jamuga)
*Omar Sharif (Temujin, later Genghis Khan)
*James Mason (Kam Ling)
*Eli Wallach (Shah of Khwarezm)
*Françoise Dorléac (Bortei)
*Telly Savalas (Shan)
*Robert Morley (Emperor of China)
*Michael Hordern (Geen)
*Yvonne Mitchell (Katke)
*Woody Strode (Sengal)
*Kenneth Cope (Subotai)
*Roger Croucher (Massar)
*Don Borisenko (Jebai)
*Patrick Holt (Kuchiuk)
*Susanne Hsiao (Chin Yu)

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