Taras Bulba (1962 film)

:"Taras Bulba (film)" redirects here. For other films with the same title, see Taras Bulba (disambiguation)"Infobox Film
name = Taras Bulba


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director = J. Lee Thompson
producer = Harold Hecht
writer = Nikolai Gogol (story)
Waldo Salt
Karl Tunberg
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starring = Yul Brynner
Tony Curtis
music = Franz Waxman
cinematography = Joe MacDonald, ASC
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distributor = United Artists
released = 1962
runtime = 122 min.
country = Yugoslavia / U.S.A. / Argentina
language = English
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amg_id = 1:48658
imdb_id = 0056556

Taras Bulba is a 1962 film based on Nikolai Gogol's short novel, "Taras Bulba", starring Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis as father and son, leaders of a Cossack clan on the Ukrainian steppes. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson.

It is most well known in quoting the character, Taras Bulba, in saying "Put your faith in your sword, and your sword in a Pole."

On 25th March 2008 it will be out on DVD for the first time ever in Region 1 and Region 2

Filming locations

Although the story is set in the Eastern European steppes, the film was entirely shot in California USA, Mexico, and Salta Argentina.

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