Taras Bulba

Eastern rome & juliet by western stars and writers. Big period war and action movie and traditional love affair. So this is pretty formula for every golden age hollywood movie.. So this movie is fine but not that great or unique.

If this were better known, it could be a camp classic--cheesy battle scenes with a score to match, terrible dialogue, and that "epic" sensibility that never comes off as intended.

Good old fashioned Hollywood epic

Minor epic is still a lot of fun, with Brynner and Curtis clearly relishing their larger-than-life roles (and as father and son (!!!) no less!). Always a frustratingly uneven director, Thompson here manages the fine balancing act of spectacle on a budget, while ensuring the performances are never lost or overwhelmed.

A very enjoyable classic adventure movie. Yul Brynner is great fun to watch in the title role, Waxman's score is legendary. Script drags in the final third. All in all, a fun ride, but not to be taken seriously.

67.000

Big period war movie surrounding a romeo-and-juliet-style romance. Entirely formulaic and highly contrived, and rife with images of bare-chested Cossacks playing together which gives it an unintended homosexual air.

It's a classic and all right film. Cossacks, war and among them, there is a beautiful love story. If you're a fan of old times...