Taras Bulba
Directed by
Written by
  • Nikolai Gogol (short story)
  • Vladimir Strizhevsky
Produced byJoseph N. Ermolieff
Starring
Cinematography
  • Fritz Biller
  • Rudolf Schlesinger
Music byFelix Bartsch
Production
companies
  • Ermolieff-Film
  • Orbis-Film
Release date
1924
CountryGermany
Languages

Taras Bulba is a 1924 German silent adventure film directed by Vladimir Strizhevsky and Joseph N. Ermolieff and starring J.N. Douvan-Tarzow, Oscar Marion and Clementine Plessner. It is based on the short story Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol, and made at the Emelka Studios in Munich. It was one of several Russian-themed films that exiled producer Ermolieff made in Munich during the 1920s.[1]

The film's art direction was by Kurt Dürnhöfer and Willy Reiber.

Cast

  • J.N. Douvan-Tarzow as Taras Bulba
  • Oscar Marion as Andry, Son of Taras
  • Clementine Plessner as Bulba's Wife
  • Helena Makowska as Panotschka
  • N.N. Novitzky as Woiwode
  • Alexander Polonsky as Jankel, Innkeeper
  • Josef Rounitch as Ostap, Son of Taras
  • Lia Tschung Tsching as Servant
  • August Junker
  • Rudolf Raab

References

  1. ↑ Rollberg p. 219

Bibliography

  • Rollberg, Peter. Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.


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