Four arduous years in the making, Ardak Amirkulov’s 1990 historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil preceding Genghis Khan’s systematic destruction of the lost East Asian civilization of Otrar is a one-of-a-kind experience. Amirkulov’s film, shot in sepia-toned black-and-white, is at once hallucinatory, visually resplendent, and ferociously energetic, packed with eye-catching (and gouging) detail and B-movie fervor, and traversing an endless variety of parched, epic landscapes and ornate palaces.
Director: Ardak Amirkulov.
Writers: Aleksey German, Svetlana Karmalita,
Stars: Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, Bolot Beyshenaliev, Abdurashid Makhsudov, Zaur Zekhov, Kasym Zhakibayev.
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Note: This is the original, uncut 171 minutes version in original Mongolian/Kazakh language without Russian voiceover.
So glad I found this! I’ve been trying to watch as much Aleksey German stuff as I can find, and I happened to hear about this film on a podcast about Hard To Be a God. I can barely find anything about it in English, and what I have found is the Russian dub. No idea how you tracked this down but thanks for your hard work!