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Taras Bulba ()

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In the 16th-century Ukraine, the Polish overlords and Ukrainian cossacks fight for control of the land but frequent Turkish invasions force them to unite against the common Turkish foe.
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Andrei Bulba
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Taras Bulba
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Natalia Dubrov
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Filipenko
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Shilo
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Prince Grigory
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Ostap Bulba
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Governor
Ilka Windish ...
Sofia Bulba
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Old Stepan
Vladimir Irman ...
Grisha Kubenko
Daniel Ocko ...
Ivan Mykola
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Abbot
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Korzh
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Capt. Alex
Ron Weyand ...
Tymoshevsky
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Gypsy Princess
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Servant (uncredited)
John Barton ...
Vendor (uncredited)
Ray Beltram ...
Worshiper in Church (uncredited)
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Student (uncredited)
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Cossack (uncredited)
Ellen Davalos ...
Zina (uncredited)
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Cossack (uncredited)
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Cossack (uncredited)
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Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Jack Gordon ...
Citizen (uncredited)
Marv Goux ...
Brother Bartholomew (uncredited)
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Frank Green ...
Citizen (uncredited)
Maria Haro ...
Citizen (uncredited)
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Cossack (uncredited)
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Dolotov (uncredited)
Kay Koury ...
Citizen (uncredited)
Syl Lamont ...
Kimon Kandor (uncredited)
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Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Maurice Marks ...
Cossack (uncredited)
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Worshiper in Church (uncredited)
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Citizen (uncredited)
Martine Milner ...
Redheaded Girl (uncredited)
Victor Paul ...
Student (uncredited)
Murray Pollack ...
Soldier (uncredited)
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Mayor (uncredited)
Cap Somers ...
Cossack (uncredited)
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Cossack (uncredited)
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Citizen (uncredited)

Directed by

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J. Lee Thompson

Written by

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Waldo Salt ... (screenplay) and
Karl Tunberg ... (screenplay)
 
Nikolay Gogol ... (novel) (as Nikolai Gogol)

Produced by

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Tony Curtis ... executive producer (uncredited)
Harold Hecht ... producer
Janet Leigh ... executive producer (uncredited)
Sandy Whitelaw ... associate producer (as Alexander Whitelaw)

Music by

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Franz Waxman

Cinematography by

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Joseph MacDonald ... director of photography

Editing by

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Folmar Blangsted ... (as Folmar Blanksted)
Gene Milford
William Reynolds
Eda Warren

Art Direction by

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Edward Carrere

Set Decoration by

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William F. Calvert ... (as William Calvert)

Costume Design by

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Norma Koch

Makeup Department

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Emile LaVigne ... makeup artist (as Emile Lavigne)
Frank McCoy ... makeup artist
Daniel C. Striepeke ... makeup artist (as Daniel Striepeke)

Production Management

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Gilbert Kurland ... executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Cliff Lyons ... second unit director
Tom Shaw ... assistant director
David Silver ... assistant director: second unit (as Dave Silver)
Lynn Guthrie ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Terry Morse Jr. ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Stanley Cooley ... sound mixer (as Stan Cooley)
Don Hall ... sound effects editor (as Don Hall Jr.)
James Richard ... sound effects editor

Special Effects by

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Barney Wolff ... special effects (uncredited)
Fred Wolff ... special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Howard A. Anderson ... special photographic effects
Donald C. Glouner ... visual effects producer
Russell Lawson ... additional photographic effects (as Russ Lawson)

Stunts

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Jerry Brown ... stunts (uncredited)
John Epper ... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Gray ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward ... stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry ... stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron ... stunt double: Tony Curtis (uncredited)
Loren Janes ... stunts (uncredited)
Danny Liska ... stunt double (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... stunts (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard ... stunts (uncredited)
Victor Paul ... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson ... stunts (uncredited)
Bill M. Ryusaki ... stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills ... stunts (uncredited)

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Duke Callaghan ... camera operator (as Duke Callahan)
Arthur Gerstle ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Ernst Haas ... still photographer (uncredited)
Stjepan Milic ... electrician (uncredited)
Marv Newton ... still photographer (uncredited)
James Saper ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eric Seelig ... costume supervisor
Israel Berne ... costumer: men (uncredited)
Robert Fuca ... assistant set costumer (uncredited)
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Olive Koenitz ... costumer: ladies (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leon Birnbaum ... music editor
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator
Robert B. Shepard ... playback singer (uncredited)
Lucie Svehlova ... orchestra leader: Tadlow re-recording (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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John Franco ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Andrei Tolstoy ... technical advisor (as Andrey Tolstoy)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Written by Anonymous

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Also Known As
  • Тарас Булба (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Tarasz Bulba (Hungary)
  • 隊長ブーリバ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Kosakken Taras Bulba (Denmark)
  • Taras il magnifico (Italy)
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Runtime
  • 122 min
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Budget $7,000,000 (estimated)

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Trivia According to director J. Lee Thompson, in an interview in Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King (1995), there was a misunderstanding with the hundreds of Argentine gauchos playing horsemen . They were told that horsemen who fell off their horse during an attack scene would be paid extra--but only those who were directed to do so. When the scene was shot, two-thirds of them fell off their horses and expected the extra pay. Upon being told they were not going to be paid extra, they threatened to strike. Yul Brynner then took steak dinners out to their encampment that evening and spent hours entertaining them. Impressed by this, the gauchos returned to work the next day. See more »
Goofs The Cossack's "scalp-lock" is not on the back but the front! Only the old Cossack is the one that has it correctly. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Attack of the Barbarians (1967). See more »
Soundtracks The Wishing Star See more »
Crazy Credits Thanks to the army of the Argentine Republic. See more »
Quotes Taras: My son, why? Why?
Andrei Bulba: I did what I had to do.
Taras: From the day I plunged you in the river to give you life, I loved you as I loved the steppes. You were my pride! I gave you life. It is on me to take it away from you.
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