Taras Bulba
1962 · Movie · 119 min · ★ 6.3 · 64% critics
In 16th-century Ukraine, a Cossack leader struggles against Polish rule while trying to prepare his sons for a coming conflict. When one son falls for a woman from the opposing side, loyalty, identity, and family bonds are tested as war pressures everyone to choose where they stand.
Based on Taras Bulba
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Details
- Years
- 1962
- Release date
- 1962-11-21
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 64/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (80 votes)
- Budget
- $7,000,000
About
If you enjoy old-school historical adventures with sweeping battles, bold heroics, and a central forbidden-romance dilemma, this may work for you; Not for you if you dislike slow epics or soapy melodrama like The Vikings.
Pros: rousing music; big cavalry action; colorful period spectacle | Cons: slow pacing; uneven casting; thin romance focus
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cossack
- poland
- 16th century
- ottoman empire
- father son relationship
- brother brother relationship
- ukraine
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1963 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Perry Lopez
as Ostap Bulba
George Macready
as The Governor
Ilka Windish
as Sofia Bulba
Vladimir Sokoloff
as Stepan Kanevsky
Directed by J. Lee Thompson