This is a very entertaining film with a highly competent cast. However, the film does have a fdw problems. The story is about Mongols; however, there are no Mongols (or even Asians) among the primary and secondary cast. Despite this, Omar Sharif gives one of his best performances in this film; not quite as good as Lawrence of Arabia, but better than Dr. Zhivago). Steven Boyd is good as Jumuga, the antagonist to Genghis Khan within the Mongol Hordes.
The production values are very good, but not very accurate when it comes to Mongol horses. They were not the big stallions shown in this film; they were small, almost pony-like size horses that the Mongols rode to world domination.
Despite these drawbacks, the film is successful as an action-adventure epic (despite the ridiculous role of. Robert Morley (one of the most English Englishmen in existence) as the Emperor of China. James Mason as a Chinese businessman and advisor, is also pretty hard to digest. Just allow yourself to enjoy this non-PC,, not historically accurate fanstasy for what it is; A few hours of fun adventure and action about the greatest of all Mongols; Genghis Khan.
The production values are very good, but not very accurate when it comes to Mongol horses. They were not the big stallions shown in this film; they were small, almost pony-like size horses that the Mongols rode to world domination.
Despite these drawbacks, the film is successful as an action-adventure epic (despite the ridiculous role of. Robert Morley (one of the most English Englishmen in existence) as the Emperor of China. James Mason as a Chinese businessman and advisor, is also pretty hard to digest. Just allow yourself to enjoy this non-PC,, not historically accurate fanstasy for what it is; A few hours of fun adventure and action about the greatest of all Mongols; Genghis Khan.