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Taras Bulba
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Taras Bulba is a 1962 American adventure, drama, action, and war film directed by J. Lee Thompson. The screenplay was written by Waldo Salt and Karl Tunberg, based on the work of Nikolai Gogol. The film stars Yul Brynner, Tony Curtis, Sam Wanamaker, and Brad Dexter. It was produced by Harold Hecht with music composed by Franz Waxman.
The narrative is set in Ukraine and was filmed in California. The production involved companies including Avala Film, Harold Hecht Productions, and United Artists. The movie has a runtime of 119 to 122 minutes. It was distributed by United Artists and Netflix in video on demand format. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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6.3Ukraine, 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.
Cast
- Tony Curtis as Andrei Bulba
- Yul Brynner as Taras Bulba
- Christine Kaufmann as Natalia Dubrov
- Sam Wanamaker as Filipenko
- Brad Dexter as Shilo
- Guy Rolfe as Prince Grigory
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cossack
- poland
- 16th century
- ottoman empire
- father son relationship
- brother brother relationship
- ukraine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- historical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Taras Bulba
- Director
- J. Lee Thompson
- Screenwriter
- Nikolai Gogol
- Cast member
- Richard Rust
- Composer
- Franz Waxman
- Producer
- Harold Hecht
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Joseph MacDonald
- Narrative location
- Ukraine
- Filming location
- California
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 355063
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1962-01-01
- title
- Taras Bulba
- film editor
- Folmar Blangsted
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- production designer
- Edward Carrere
- after a work by
- Nikolai Gogol
- costume designer
- Norma Koch
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Taras Bulba
- capital cost
- 7000000
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