Taras Bulba, the Cossack

Taras Bulba, the Cossack
Directed by	Ferdinando Baldi
Written by	Nikolay Gogol (novel) Ennio De Concini
Starring	Vladimir Medar Jean-François Poron Fosco Giachetti
Cinematography	Amerigo Gengarelli
Edited by	Renzo Lucidi
Music by	Guido Robuschi Gian Stellari
Production company	I.A.C.EI.D.C.
Distributed by	Regionale Film
Release date	7 September 1962
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Taras Bulba, the Cossack (Italian: Taras Bulba, il cosacco) is a 1962 Italian historical adventure film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and starring Vladimir Medar, Jean-François Poron and Fosco Giachetti. It received an American release in 1970 under the title The Tartars. Based on the 1835 novel of the same title by Nikolay Gogol, it was made the same year as a much larger budget version Taras Bulba.

Cast

• Vladimir Medar as Taras Bulba
• Jean-François Poron as Andrei Bulba
• George Reich as Ostapi
• Hugo Santana as Gurko
• Lorella De Luca as Natalia
• Fosco Giachetti as Voivode
• Sylvia Sorrente
• Erno Crisa
• Mirko Ellis
• Andrea Scotti
• Dada Gallotti

Bibliography

• Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990. McFarland, 2017.

External links

• Taras Bulba, the Cossack at IMDb