Taras Bulba (1962)

Cast

Yul Brynner
as Taras Bulba
Tony Curtis
as Andrei Bulba
Paul Frees
as Narrator
Brad Dexter
as Shilo

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Genres & Description

Action Adventure Drama History Romance War

6.4 / 10

A "Romeo and Juliet" story that takes place in the late 16c. 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 Andrei 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, Andrei 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.

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Kyle Rynicki

Can someone please tell me what year this movie was made and where it can be found. I live in the U.S. and I'd love to find a way to see this incredible looking film. - @Tuesday, October 6, 2015 2:18 AM

Sonar73212

Zaporizhzhya Sich is not only one of Zaporozhye. All this is to surround was simply impossible! The army was involved not to ruin, as a show of force. On Slobodzhashinu in 1765 at no troops were not introduced. After the elimination of all privileges Sich cherkas preserved. Yes, many have gone beyond the Danube, but not in Poland. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 6:31 AM

Sonar73212

I'm talking about people, not about territory - @Friday, August 2, 2013 6:19 AM

Eques Polonus

The Sich was also a settlement, not just an administrative body. Between 1734 and 1775 the Russian Empire began to restrain the once relatively free Cossacks of the Zaporozhye. In 1764 the Cossack Hetmanate was abolished by the Russians, on June 5, 1775, Russian general Pyotr Tekeli surrounded the Zaporozhian Sich fortress with infantry and artillery and burned down the fortress after the Cossacks accepted the Russian ultimatum. Many Zaporozhian Cossacks escaped to Turkey afterwards. - @Friday, August 2, 2013 2:08 AM

Sonar73212

Kuban is also Zaporozhye. Freedom is also relative. Subordination in the Cossack regiments were too tight. - @Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:26 PM

Sonar73212

My army is also abolished in 1765, however, with the participation of my ancestor, but nothing is burned. And in the Sich, too, has nothing to burn, why would harm its territory. The Cossacks were on duty and on the outskirts. This was the meaning of organization of the Sich. - @Thursday, August 1, 2013 8:16 PM

Sonar73212

Zaporizhzhya Sich has been eliminated as a military system, the basic combat regiments were moved to the Kuban. Cherkas led to the Dnieper son Mamaia admitted to service Vishnevetsky. Participated in Klushin. Then he began arguing with the Poles. You broke up with Cherkasov. From that moment began the fall of Poland. Andrusevsky peace treaty actually gave you a break. - @Thursday, August 1, 2013 6:25 AM

Eques Polonus

The coat of arms of the Ruthenia was supposed to be the Archangel Michael. I know a bit about the Cossack Sich, the capital of the Hetmanate, and I'd like to highlight that it was eventually destroyed by the Russian Empress Catherine II in 1775 following the slow destruction of the Hetmanate under Russian rule. - @Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:52 PM

Eques Polonus

There was no Ukrainian state back then, I think we've already established that. The two main groups are the Ukrainian Cossacks that lived along the Dniepr and the Russian Cossacks that lived along the Volga, the Don, and in Kuban. They are distinct groups that have distinct differences especially in terms of loyalty. The Sich cossacks of Ukraine were perhaps the closest thing the Polish-Lithuanian Republic had to an ally. The Cossacks of the Volga remained loyal to Russia. - @Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:25 PM

Sonar73212

А их, сотников Ивана и Олександра, прислал к государю царю и великому князю Алексею Михайловичю всеа Русии бить челом черниговской полковник Иван Зитковской и их братья сотники и все черкасы, которые пришли к Путивлю, чтоб их государь пожаловал велел принять в свою государеву сторону на вечное житье. - @Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:24 PM

Sonar73212

Coat of arms and flag of the State of Ukraine was what? Can you talk about the Hetman State? What are the different groups. It was the people from the Volga to the Dnieper. Lithuanians have lived in all good Poles came people began to go under the Muscovy. - @Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:01 PM

Eques Polonus

In those years Russia was the only country on the planet, wasn't it?! What genius! I don't think you understand that the Cossacks from the movie are those of the Zaporozhian Sich, which is in Ukraine. The Cherkas Cossacks are Russian, but they are a completely different group altogether than the ones in the movie. One more thing, in the time period in which the movie is set, what is now Ukraine was part of the Polish-Lithuanian Republic, not Russia. - @Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:03 PM

Sonar73212

In those years, there was only Russia. Cossacks is Cherkasy, not Ukrainian. - @Tuesday, July 30, 2013 7:28 AM

KingHarlaus1

You saying Poles have no history? - @Tuesday, July 30, 2013 5:50 AM

Sonar73212

Гуцул. Ты веру не трож - @Monday, July 29, 2013 10:43 PM

Sonar73212

Racowie это Польша? - @Monday, July 29, 2013 10:38 PM

Sonar73212

Украина была только Слободская! До 1783 года - @Monday, July 29, 2013 10:37 PM

Kowallo o.O

Not bad but the movie "fire and sword" is better. - @Wednesday, February 20, 2013 8:28 PM

KingHarlaus1

POLSKI HUSARII! Zabij tych Kozaków i powiedzieć im prawdziwą chwałę Polsce! - @Thursday, December 13, 2012 9:07 AM

Kelsey Fray

don't make anything russian k buddy k:) - @Sunday, March 11, 2012 11:16 PM

Norbo Norebo

@kangurski Stada baba musica. Ked yea peshia na shicka. - @Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:45 PM

kangurski

@MikeGIBA oh, you fucking little pathetic imbecile, you use the word "polack" as an insult? how dumb one has to be to use his own background as a swearword. and by the way, my worst, is still much better than your best will ever be - @Thursday, June 17, 2010 8:05 AM

Borys Kafarov

@kangurski Is swearing best thing u can do ? Polack ! FUCK U ! - @Wednesday, June 16, 2010 4:11 PM

aster967

Szcze jak buli my kozakami a unii lubelskoj nie ciut było hadzali wilnymi piszkami bratalis' s wilnymi liahami... ... ot tak to liasze druże bratie niesyty ksiondzy, magnaty nas razdielili, razwieli a my by dosi tak żyli padajze ruku kozakowi i sierce cisteje podaj i snowa s imieniem Hristowym my odnowim nasz tihij raj. T.G.SZewczenko "Poliakam" "Ot tak to Kozaku przyjacielu bracie podajże rękę Lahowi... i serce czyste podaj" Sława-Poland - @Tuesday, April 6, 2010 10:58 AM

mer3abec

Your brain cheap. Read Chehov, Grate russian/ ukranian writer. Compare dialogs from book. Or he also propaganda. ? - @Monday, February 8, 2010 8:11 AM

bhibatsu

Where can we find English subs version? - @Sunday, November 22, 2009 4:33 PM

lenoksru

first of all i didn't call you stupid, second you say whatever you want to say - everyone has a right for an opinion, so go on as you wish...that's all i have to say - @Saturday, June 20, 2009 2:01 PM

lenoksru

learn english grammar first and then post comments or reply - @Saturday, June 20, 2009 1:05 PM

lenoksru

great movie! highly recommend watching! - @Friday, April 24, 2009 11:50 AM

ferkelbuch1

Петр-1 Запоржскую сечь как гнид воров и предателелей предал смерти. Завершила процесс изгнания их из земли русской Екатерина 2. Нашли убежище они у Турков! - @Monday, April 13, 2009 8:15 PM