A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
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
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.
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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Awards Won: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 nominations total |
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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