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Taras Bulba (1962) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by J. Lee Thompson and produced by Harold Hecht and Sandy Whitelaw.

Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringFranz WaxmanNominated
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Taras Bulba (2009)? Hardcore Cossack action

By Clayton on Jan 20, 2016 From Phantom Empires

Taras Bulba (2009)? Hardcore Cossack action 1/20/2016 0 Comments Having loved the fantastic 1962 version of the Nikolai Gogol novel TARAS BULBA, I thought it would be fun to present the more recent version. Made by a Russian of Ukrainia... Read full article


Taras Bulba (2009)? Hardcore Cossack action

By Clayton on Jan 20, 2016 From Phantom Empires

Taras Bulba (2009)? Hardcore Cossack action 1/20/2016 0 Comments Having loved the fantastic 1962 version of the Nikolai Gogol novel TARAS BULBA, I thought it would be fun to present the more recent version, in spite of my usual moratoriu... Read full article


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Taras: My son, why? Why?
Andrei Bulba: I did what I had to do.
Taras: From the day I plunged you in the river to give you life, I loved you as I loved the steppes. You were my pride! I gave you life. It is on me to take it away from you.


Taras: There's only ONE WAY to keep faith with a Pole. Put your faith in your sword and the sword in the Pole.


[to his turncoat son]
Taras Bulba: I gave you life. It is on ME to take it away.


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Another movie where Yul Brynner has a full head of hair in a few brief scenes. Ironically, when Tony Curtis punches Yul in the abdomen (in the scene where he and Brynner are reunited after two years), Tony's hair piece flops forward, revealing his thinning hair on the back of his head.
Tony Curtis met Austrian actress Christine Kaufmann on the set of this film and later married her.
Originally developed as a project to be directed by Robert Aldrich who said "I will make TARAS BULBA because I am Taras Bulba!"
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