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Taras Bulba

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The tale of a Cossack chief who has sworn to be the eternal enemy of the treacherous Poles. So, when his son falls for a beautiful Pole who has saved his life, the father is faced with the dilemma of whether to kill his own flesh and blood as a traitor. This film reinforced the Brynner stereotype as king of the Asiatic wide open spaces.
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Grant Watson Fiction Machine Jul 6
4/10
For every scene in which Brynner lifts the picture, there is an equivalent one where Curtis drags it down. They effectively cancel each other out, so that all that is left is a relatively mediocre horse-and-sword adventure. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/19/2008
C+
It seems to be in genre form when showing hordes of Cossack horsemen flying across the steppes to do battle. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Mike W @MikeW269 12/28/2024 It was a major effort to get together all of the horsemen/horses featured in the movie, and also was very impressive. I actually watched this in a theater when it was first released. The most vivid part that I remembered on the rewatch were the jumps over the canyon. See more Michael N 09/13/2023 Excellent 👌 Classic Yul Brynner film. Not completely tied to the original Ukrainian folklore but most of the film is true to the original! Time for a Hollywood remake! See more donald d 06/26/2021 Very dated movie, does not come off well in these days. The type of spectacle movie people liked in 1962 is so different than now. The acting was more like a children's movie, than a true war movie. I saw it in 1962 and that was enough. See more Frances H 07/22/2020 I just loved this film when I first saw it on the big screen in Pittsburgh when I was 12 and my parents took my sister and I to see it. Then I was in love with Tony. Curtis, but the real star is Yul Bryner, who played this kind of role with panache and gusto just making this film, along with all of the Cossacks and the scenes of their revelry and horsemanship. The scene of the Cossacks riding to battle with more and more horsemen joining them along the way was so memorable. Although now it is not quite as good as I remembered it, I still enjoyed seeing the whole film again for the first time since I was 12! See more 05/16/2019 Cassocks and Polish. Who could ask for more? Historical knowledges helps See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 05/19/2016 Taras Bulba is a decent film. It is about Taras who has settled into comfortable farm life after years of adventures and swashbuckling with his cossack companions. Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. J. Lee Thompson did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the adventure and drama. See more Read all reviews
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J. Lee Thompson

Director

Tony Curtis

Andrei Bulba

Yul Brynner

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Christine Kaufmann

Natalia Dubrov

Sam Wanamaker

Filipenko

Brad Dexter

Shilo
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Synopsis The tale of a Cossack chief who has sworn to be the eternal enemy of the treacherous Poles. So, when his son falls for a beautiful Pole who has saved his life, the father is faced with the dilemma of whether to kill his own flesh and blood as a traitor. This film reinforced the Brynner stereotype as king of the Asiatic wide open spaces.
Director
J. Lee Thompson
Producer
Harold Hecht
Screenwriter
Waldo Salt, Karl Tunberg
Distributor
United Artists
Production Co
Avala Film, Harold Hecht Productions
Genre
Action
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 19, 1962, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
2h 2m
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