Taras Bulba (1936 film)
Taras Bulba (French: Tarass Boulba) is a 1936 French historical drama film directed by Alexis Granowsky and starring Harry Baur, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Danielle Darrieux.[1] It is one of many films based on the story of Taras Bulba.
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| Directed by | Alexis Granowsky |
| Written by | Nikolai Gogol (novel) Pierre Benoît Fritz Falkenstein Jacques Natanson Carlo Rim |
| Starring | Harry Baur Jean-Pierre Aumont Danielle Darrieux |
| Music by | Paul Dessau Joe Hajos |
| Cinematography | Jean Bachelet Louis Née Franz Planer |
| Edited by | Jacques Saint-Léonard |
Production company | GG Films |
| Distributed by | Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films |
Release date | 5 March 1936 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lucien Aguettand and Andrej Andrejew. The costumes were designed by Georges Annenkov. Many of the film's production team were Russian exiles, who had left following the Russian Revolution. The rights to the film were bought by Alexander Korda who remade it in Britain as The Rebel Son.
Cast
- Harry Baur as Tarass Boulba
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as André Boulba
- Danielle Darrieux as Marina
- Pierre Larquey as Sachka
- Janine Crispin as Galka
- Roger Duchesne as Ostap Boulba
- Fernand Ledoux as Tovkatch
- Georges Paulais as Ibrahim
- Paul Amiot as Prince Zamnitzky
- Pauline Carton as La gouvernante
- Nane Germon as Zelma
- Gérard Castrix as Un cosaque
- Gustave Huberdeau as Un cosaque
- Léon Larive as Un cosaque
- Tony Murcie as Un cosaque
- Georges Saillard as Un cosaque
- Robert Seller as Un cosaque
- André Siméon as Un cosaque
- Jean Toulout as Un cosaque
- Lucien Walter as Un cosaque
- Maurice Bénard as Un Polonais
- André Carnège as Un Polonais
- Eddy Debray as Un polonais
- Ernest Ferny as Un Polonais
- Paul Forget as Un Polonais
- Martial Rèbe as Un Polonais
- Micheline Cheirel
- Léon Courtois
- Anthony Gildès
- Pierre Piérade
- Noël Roquevert as Un cosaque
- Madeleine Suffel
References
- Andrews p.355
Bibliography
- Andrews, Dudley. Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film. Princeton University Press, 1995.
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