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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter

2005 · 140 min

A slow, serious historical epic that feels weighty and distant, rewarding patience with a somber, earnest atmosphere.

Directed by
Bulat Mansurov
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Farhad Abdraimov, Arman Assenov
Overview
The third part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The film is dedicated to the formation of the Ancient Russian state and Eurasian culture under the rule of Genghis Khan.

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Directed by
Bulat Mansurov
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Farhad Abdraimov, Arman Assenov
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • identity
  • war
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour1
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Bulat Mansurov
Written by
Garay Rahim, Bulat Mansurov
Starring
Asanali Ashimov, Farhad Abdraimov, Arman Assenov, Dinmukhamet Akhimov, Ramis Ibragimov, Sergei Larin, Samad Mansurov, Khalil Makhmutov
Runtime
140 min
Country
Egypt, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Languages
Kazakh, Russian

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