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Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writers:

Nikolai Gogol (novel)
Waldo Salt (writer)
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Release Date:

19 December 1962 (USA) more

Tagline:

A Love Story of Flesh And Fire!

Plot:

A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into comfortable... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination more

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tony Curtis ... Andrei Bulba

Yul Brynner ... Taras Bulba
Sam Wanamaker ... Filipenko
Brad Dexter ... Shilo
Guy Rolfe ... Prince Grigory
Perry Lopez ... Ostap Bulba
George Macready ... Governor
Ilka Windish ... Sofia Bulba
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Old Stepan
Vladimir Irman ... Grisha Kubenko
Daniel Ocko ... Ivan Mykola
Abraham Sofaer ... Abbot
Mickey Finn ... Korzh
Richard Rust ... Capt. Alex
Ron Weyand ... Tymoshevsky
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Taras Bulba (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Kosakken Taras Bulba (Denmark) [da]
Taras Bulba (Finland) [fi]
Taras Bulba (France) [fr]
Taras Bulba (Spain) [es]
Taras Bulba (Brazil) [pt]
Taras il magnifico (Italy) [it]
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Runtime:

122 min | 124 min (TCM print)

Country:

Yugoslavia | USA

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Avala Film more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Another rare movie where star Yul Brynner (in a few 'time lapsing' brief scenes) has a full head of hair. more

Goofs:

Factual errors: The cossacks' "scalp-lock" is not on the back but the front! Only the old cossack is the one that has it correctly. Also Yul Brynner's scalp-lock is very unnatural. It looks like a pony tail and it has too much hair for being only the remaining hair from shaving the rest of the head. more

Quotes:

[to his turncoat son]
Taras Bulba: I gave you life. It is on ME to take it away.
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Movie Connections:

Version of The Rebel Son (1938) more


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Music, 2 February 2006
7/10
Author: mikemoldovan from United States

I agree with most of the posts. However, one area that does not get attention is the soundtrack to the movie. When the Cossacks gather and ride to the Polish city to fight, the music is truly great. Having seen the movie over 40 years ago I can still hear the music of the ride to Dubnoi over and over in my head. I find it intoxicating!! Yul Brenner is made for the part of Tarus. I could never see Tony Curtis as a Ukrainian prince and his looks do not fit the part. He is however a Hungarian of Eastern European descent. This is a fun movie that has a great score, cinematography, and some interesting scenes and performances. The Yul Brenner song is laughable though.

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