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    Taras Bulba (1962)

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    Set in 16th-century Ukraine, this dazzling action spectacle was based on the classic Nikolay Gogol story with Polish overlords and Ukrainian Cossacks fighting for control of the land while also having to defend against frequent Turkish invasions.

    Taras Bulba (Yul Brynner) is a Cossack chieftain – fierce, proud, arrogant and fearless – who bides his time for several years, waiting for the right moment to strike for freedom from the hated Poles.

    He sires two sons, Andrei (Tony Curtis) and Ostap (Perry Lopez) and sends them to a Polish university to learn the ways of the hated enemy.

    But the handsome Andrei and the daughter of a Polish nobleman (Christine Kaufmann) fall in love, and Andrei develops a softness towards the Poles.

    In the title role, Brynner swaggers and swashbuckles all over the place, and very effectively too. He is splendidly at home in the saddle and when he cries with hearty relish, “I love the steppes” he gives the impression that he means it.

    On the other hand, Curtis doesn’t belong on those steppes at all, behaving uncomfortably out of his element most of the time. Costume adventure, one tends to conclude, is not his forte.

    Christine Kaufmann is a lovely heroine who manages to emerge from the Black Death, starvation and other disasters as spotlessly radiant as ever.

    Filming took place in the rugged foothills of the Andes to duplicate the steppes of southern Russia and 10,000 Argentine Gauchos were trained to play cossacks in the gigantic battle scene.

    The vistas are sweeping and the clashes and revelries by day and by night are magnificent to behold. Director J Lee Thompson and his crew inject an air of fierce savagery into the battles, while the art director and costume designer have contributed admirably.

    Production ran more than $2 million over budget, resulting in United Artists taking a loss of $4.5 million at the box office.

    Andrei Bulba
    Tony Curtis
    Taras Bulba
    Yul Brynner
    Natalia Dubrov
    Christine Kaufmann
    Filipenko
    Sam Wanamaker
    Shilo
    Brad Dexter
    Prince Grigory
    Guy Rolfe
    Ostap Bulba
    Perry Lopez
    Governor
    George Macready
    Sofia Bulba
    Ilka Windish
    Old Stepan
    Vladimir Sokoloff
    Grisha Kubenko
    Vladimir Irman
    Ivan Mykola
    Daniel Ocko
    Abbot
    Abraham Sofaer
    Korzh
    Mickey Finn
    Captain Alex
    Richard Rust
    Tymoshevsky
    Ron Weyand
    Gypsy Princess
    Vitina Marcus
    Narrator
    Paul Frees

    Director
    J. Lee Thompson

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