by Micah Lucero
In line with the restoration and repatriation of the ‘Genghis Khan’ movie after it s turn over almost six decades ago, Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and National Film Archive of the Philippines (NFAP) headed the film’s premier showing last September 30.
FDCP Chairman Briccio Santos said that the repatriation of the old film would force the international archivist to return the Filipino film, which is still in their collections.
The printed script of Genghis Khan was turned over to the National Film Archive of the Philippines for its preservation.
This was conducted by L’lmmagine Ritrovata in Bologna, Italy, a world-renowned laboratory known as one of the best in film retrieval. Martin Scorsese, a film archiving stalwart and director, were among the famous personalities and entities behind the film’s retrieval.
The event was attended by prominent personalities like President Benigno Aquino III, FDCP Chairman Briccio Santos, Venice Film Festival retrospective curator Stefano Francia di Celle, Director of L’lmmagine Ritrovata Davide Pozzi, NFAP head Benedict Olgado and Jun Urbano, representative of Urbano and Conde Family.
This low budget movie, shown in the country last 60 years, was taken at the mountains of Agno, Rizal.
The movie was about the struggles of Genghis Khan, a Mongolian leader, towards his assumption of the throne.
The film was directed by Manuel Urbano, more commonly known as Manuel Conde .
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