Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba (1962)

Timing: 1:59 (119 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1962-11-21

Country

United States,

Production

United Artists, Avala Film, Harold Hecht Productions

Genre

Adventure, Romance, History, War, Drama

Budget

$7 000 000

Revenue

$4 000 000

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Director

J. Lee Thompson

Actors

Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker, Brad Dexter, Guy Rolfe, Perry Lopez, George Macready, Ilka Windish, Vladimir Sokoloff
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Scenario

Producer

Harold Hecht

Operator

Joseph MacDonald

Composer

Franz Waxman

Artist

Audition

Editing

William Reynolds, Folmar Blangsted, Gene Milford
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• Burt Lancaster was originally intended to play the role of Andrei Bulba, and the script was written specifically for him. However, the role ultimately went to Tony Curtis.
• During the filming of this movie, Tony Curtis (Andrei Bulba) met Christine Kaufmann (Polish noblewoman Natalia), and later married her.
• There was a misunderstanding with hundreds of Argentine gauchos playing horsemen. They were informed in advance that horsemen who fell off their horses during the filming of the attack scene would receive extra money – but only if they were specifically instructed to fall. During the filming, two-thirds of the gauchos fell off their horses and all of them expected additional payment. Upon learning that no bonus was forthcoming, the gauchos threatened to strike. In the evening, Yul Brynner (1920-1985) visited their camp with a large number of steaks and spent several hours with them. The next day, the gauchos returned to the set.