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''Genghis Khan'' is a 2005

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documentary co-produced with Discovery Channel UK detailing the life of the 13th-century

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warlord Genghis Khan. It starred Orgil Makhaan as Genghis Khan, voiced by

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. It was directed by

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. It was narrated by

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.''Genghis Khan''
BBC One, retrieved 1 November 2021. It was shot entirely on location in Mongolia with a Mongolian cast. Battle scenes were recreated using the same CGI techniques as ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy. The documentary sets out to redress what it sees as the unwarranted negative reputation of the Mongol leader. The film portrays him as a benevolant leader who put a stop to internecine tribal warfare.Anthony Barnes, Jonathan Thompson
"BBC gives Genghis Khan a makeover"
''Independent'', 2 January 2005, retrieved 1 November 2021. Although the film does portray the brutality of the Mongol conquests, Joe Joseph in ''The Times'' writes that it sometimes oversold itself.Joe Joseph, "The greatest story never told", ''The Times'', T2 p. 23, 26 April 2005. In 2015, China deported twenty foreigners (British, South African, and Indian) for watching the film in their hotel in

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. The Chinese authorities claimed the film promoted terrorism and religious extremism. China is hostile to separatist groups or those campaigning for more rights for ethnic Mongols.

Orgil Makhaan

Orgil Makhaan went on to star as

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in ''By the Will of Chingis Khan'', a 2009 joint Mongolian and

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production. He has also featured as a judge in the Mongolian ''The Models'' TV show. He was the Mongolian organiser for the Netflix series ''Marco Polo'' and in 2017 founded the

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with himself as president.Murray Ashton
"On location in Mongolia with Orgil Makhaan, the founder and president of the Mongolian National Film Commission"
The Location Guide, 26 July 2021, accessed and archived 3 November 2021.

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