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Taras Bulba (1962)

APPROVED 122 min  -  Action | Adventure | Drama  -   19 December 1962 (USA)
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A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16c. Ukraine. Taras has settled into... See full summary »

Director:

J. Lee Thompson

Writers:

Waldo Salt (screenplay), Karl Tunberg (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Curtis ...
Yul Brynner ...
Sam Wanamaker Sam Wanamaker ...
Filipenko
Brad Dexter ...
Guy Rolfe ...
Prince Grigory
Perry Lopez Perry Lopez ...
George Macready George Macready ...
Governor
Ilka Windish Ilka Windish ...
Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Sokoloff ...
Old Stepan
Vladimir Irman Vladimir Irman ...
Grisha Kubenko
Daniel Ocko Daniel Ocko ...
Ivan Mykola
Abraham Sofaer Abraham Sofaer ...
Abbot
Mickey Finn Mickey Finn ...
Korzh
Richard Rust Richard Rust ...
Capt. Alex
Ron Weyand Ron Weyand ...
Tymoshevsky
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Storyline

A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16c. 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 Andrei 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, Andrei 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. Written by Anonymous  

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Plot Keywords:

Cossack | Ukraine | Battle | The Turks | Army  | See more »

Taglines:

A Love Story of Flesh And Fire!

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

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Country:

Yugoslavia | USA

Language:

English | Latin

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

I djävulens tjänst See more »

Filming Locations:

Salta, Argentina See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$4,000,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Another movie where Yul Brynner has a full head of hair in a few brief scenes. Ironically, when Tony Curtis punches Yul in the abdomen (in the scene where he and Brynner are reunited after two years), Tony's hair piece flops forward, revealing his thinning hair on the back of his head. See 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. See more »

Quotes

Governor: My son is dead, your brother killed by your Cossack lover. Tell your servant to pack your belongings. I'll arrange for an escort to take you out of the city. You cannot stay here after tonight. You'll be taken to Dubno. There you will serve as maid in waiting until you have been trained in the responsibilities of your birth.
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Crazy Credits

Thanks to the army of the Argentine Republic.
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Connections

Remade as Veer (2010) See more »