Two Horses of Genghis Khan

• Urna Chahar - Tugchi: the singer
• Hicheengui Sambuu: the luthier
• Chimed Dolgor: the old singer

The song of the two horses is a documentary feature film from the year 2009. Directed by the lives and works in Germany Mongolian filmmaker Byambasuren Davaa that with her ​​previous films, The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) and The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) could celebrate successes.

Action

" The Two Horses of Genghis Khan " is an old song of the Mongols. For the born in Inner Mongolia singer Urna the song also has a very personal component: For the entire lyric once graced the horse-head fiddle ( Morin chuur ) her grandmother. During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, the violin has been destroyed, only parts of the instrument have been preserved, the head and neck. Urna had promised her grandmother before her death, to bring the violin back to Mongolia and to repair. She thus makes his way to Ulaanbaatar for luthier Hicheengui who gives her a new body. But the lyrics he does not know and can not complement it.

So Urna embarks on an increasingly spiritual journey through Mongolia. She hopes to find the missing verses of the song with the nomads. But the journey is arduous and is not successful. A horse breeder who gives her horsehair for new strings, gives her advice on a traditional wedding, which will take place the next day to ask. But no one even knows there more the song. Finally Urna examined for a shaman to find a spiritual approach to the song. But it was the old singer Chimed can help Urna eventually.

Background

His debut film of 15 August 2009 (Piazza Grande, Locarno ) and came on June 3, 2010 in the German cinemas.

Reviews

• FBW movie review: " A wonderful, very intense movie of subtle poetry (...) preserves unique views of historic documents from breathtaking landscapes. "
• Kinozeit.de: "A journey into a strange and fascinating world! "
• Cinema: " In silent, documentary-like images tells Byambasuren Davaa from the loss of cultural traditions. (...) Is lost Wistful travel in a country whose identity. "