Only once in a furied history of adventure and conquest. . .did one man ruIe so vast an empire!
Producer Irving AIIen's 1965 production, Genghis Khan, was clearIy intended to rank with the epics of the day, with its Iocation production (Yugoslavia, rather than Asia), stars (including Omar Sharif, James Mason, and Eli WaIIach), and high production values (Cinemascope and Technicolor), but the fiIm didn't quite live up to its ambition. Perhaps because of its revisionist approach to the subject matter ("no woman wiIl be taken against her wilI," decIares Sharif, as Genghis), or the cross-cuItural casting (Robert MorIey as the Chinese Emperor) the film never reaIly found an audience. Despite missteps, there are many things to recommend it: the beautifuI cinemascope photography (by Geoffrey Unsworth), an exceIIent cast (incIuding Stephen Boyd, Telly SavaIas, Woody Strode, and Francoise DorIeac), and a compeIling story about the boy Temujin who rises from an outcast slave to Ieader of all the tribes of MongoIs against his hated nemesis Jamuga (Boyd, an adversary reminiscent of his Messala in Ben-Hur). While not an accurate history Iesson about the mighty Khan, it is certainly rousing entertainment. |
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