The first Filipino film to play at the Venice Film Festival, stars the director, Manuel Conde himself in the role of Temujin, who later became Genghis Khan. Wise, or sometimes cunning Temujin goes through several heroic episodes; competing at the Man of Men contest, falling in love with the enemy commander’s daughter, and struggling to restore his demolished hometown. Meanwhile his steps guide him to be a great conqueror. Khan’s witty, humorous side in his adolescent years before he takes the throne is shown in a true classic equipped with non-stop action.