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Taras Bulba (1962) [N/A]

Featuring:
Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann

Written by:
Waldo Salt
Karl Tunberg
Nikolay Gogol

Directed by:
J. Lee Thompson


Release Date:
November 21, 1962

Original Title:
Taras Bulba

Alternate Titles:
Тарас Бульба

Genres:
Adventure | Drama | History | Romance | War

Production Companies:
Avala Film
Harold Hecht Productions
United Artists

Production Countries:
United States of America | Yugoslavia

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  BR: 12  DE: 12  FI: K-16  GB: U  IE: G  PT: M/12 

Runtime: 119

A love story of flesh and fire!

Overview from TheMovieDB

Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.

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Overview from Open Movies

A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16 c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures and swashbuckling with his cossack companions. Though not wealthy, he is able to send his son Andrii away to a Polish school. At this time the Poles are overlords of Ukraine and the origin of the cossacks is struggle of the Ukrainian serfs to free themselves and their land of Polish domination. Toward this end Taras hopes that his son will be educated in the ways of the enemy. Instead, Andrii falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman, setting the stage for a clash between love, family honor, and a struggle for national identity.

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Rankings and Honors

Taras Bulba (1962) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.3/10
Awards Won: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total

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Production

Art Direction:
Edward Carrere

Assistant Director:
Tom Shaw

Associate Producer:
Sandy Whitelaw

Camera Operator:
James Saper
Duke Callaghan

Costume Design:
Norma Koch

Costume Supervisor:
Eric Seelig

Director:
J. Lee Thompson

Director of Photography:
Joseph MacDonald

Editor:
Gene Milford
William Reynolds
Folmar Blangsted
Eda Warren

Lyricist:
Mack David

Makeup Artist:
Daniel C. Striepeke
Emile LaVigne
Frank McCoy

Music Editor:
Leon Birnbaum

Novel:
Nikolai Gogol

Orchestrator:
Leonid Raab

Original Music Composer:
Franz Waxman

Playback Singer:
Robert B. Shepard

Producer:
Harold Hecht

Production Manager:
Gilbert Kurland

Screenplay:
Karl Tunberg
Waldo Salt

Script Supervisor:
John Franco

Second Unit Director:
Cliff Lyons

Second Unit First Assistant Director:
David Silver

Set Decoration:
William F. Calvert

Sound Effects Editor:
Don Hall
James A. Richards

Sound Mixer:
Stanley Cooley

Special Effects:
Howard A. Anderson
Russ Lawson

Stunt Double:
Bob Herron

Stunts:
Loren Janes

Technical Advisor:
Andrey Tolstoy

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