Genghis Khan | |
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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Produced by | Irving Allen |
Written by | Beverley Cross (screenplay)/Berkely Mather (story)/Clarke Reynolds (screenplay) |
Starring | Omar Sharif/Stephen Boyd/James Mason/Susanne Hsiao |
Music by | Dušan Radić |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
Editing by | Geoffrey Foot |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date(s) | April 15, 1965 (Germany) June 23, 1965 (U.S.) July 31, 1965 (Japan) August 30, 1965 (Sweden) August 30, 1965 (UK) September 22, 1965 (France) October 2, 1965 (Italy) October 14, 1965 (Hong Kong) November 5, 1965 (Finland) December 10, 1965 (Australia) May 23, 1966 (Denmark) |
Running time | 127 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom Yugoslavia |
Language | English |
Genghis Khan is a 1965 film 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, Stephen Boyd, Robert Morley, Françoise Dorléac, and Telly Savalas. A 70 mm version of the film was released in West Germany. It was filmed in Yugoslavia.
This was also the film debut of three less notable actors: Roger Croucher, Carlo Cura, and Yvonne Shima.