Nomad – The Warrior

Roadshow Entertainment

R4 DVD

Kazakhstan

English version

After Ghengis Khan’s Mongol hordes swept across Asia the great high plains north of the Hindu Kush were populated by small tribes of peaceful nomadic herders, moving around to find pasture for their goats and herds of horses. The Mongols had contracted back to their homelands but some tribes made regular raids on the small Kazakh tribes. Disunited, the Kazakh were powerless to stop these raids. A prophecy held that one day a Chosen One, a descendant of Ghenghis Khan, would unite the tribes and push out the invaders.

A single nomad Oraz the Wise believes that the Chosen One has been born. The baby is the son of the Kazakh Sultan’s new wife and she is on her way to join her husband in the capital city of Turkistan. The Mongol Khan is made aware of this by his own shaman and sends a troop of soldiers to kill everyone in the small caravan. Oraz arrives just in time to save the baby. He takes the child back to the capital and reunites him with his father. He then asks that he be allowed to bring up the boy as a warrior and the Chosen One. The Sultan agrees, trusting Oraz.

The boy Mansur grows up in the company of a small group of children selected by Oraz from all the Kazakh tribes. They will be the force that will defend the Kazakh and unite the tribes. He also falls in love with one of the village girls.

In due course the Mongols attack again. The attack is launched straight at the capital city. In single combat Oraz defeats the Mongol champion and the Mongols leave, but not too far. They capture Gahar, the young girl Mansur is in love with, and her brother. The only way she can save her brother is to marry the Khan and become one of his wives. The Mongols once again attack the city.

Again it is left to Oraz the Wise to defend the city, but not in the way intended. Under Mansur the Chosen One the Kazakh tribes finally unite and defeat the Mongols in a massive one hundred day battle, but the victory is not without great cost to him.

The legend is a wonderful piece of film. The scenery is magnificent, the battles are impressive and bloody, the actors skilled and sympathetic to their parts. It is a pleasure to see the history of other countries being aired, especially when done as well as this film.

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