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The Horde (2012)

The Horde poster
Original title
Орда
Directed by
Andrei Proshkin
Genre
drama film, biographical film, historical drama
Country
Russia
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
16
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the 14th century, a Russian Orthodox monk is summoned to the Mongol Golden Horde to heal the blind mother of Khan Jani Beg. The film follows his difficult journey and his tense interactions with the khan's court.

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What happens

The Horde (Russian title: Орда Orda, working title: Святитель Алексий Svyatitel Alexy; The Golden Empire in the UK) is a 2012 historical film directed by Andrei Proshkin and written by Yuri Arabov. The film is a highly fictionalised narrative of how Saint Alexius healed Taydula Khatun, the mother of the Golden Horde khan Jani Beg, from blindness. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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