Cinema was invented in 1895 in France by the Lumière brothers, and brought to Mongolia in 1910. One of the most culturally significant early film venues in Mongolia was the palace of Bogd Khan, which was located in the country’s capital Da Khuree. Apart from being an important Buddhist cleric and Mongolia’s king from 1911 to 1924, Bogd Khan was also an important patron of early Mongolian cinema. The king’s wife, Pataa, recalled how in 1917/18 a film was shown