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.

FrenchTarass Boulba

Directed byAlexis Granowsky

Written by

• Pierre Benoît
• Fritz Falkenstein
• Jacques Natanson
• Carlo Rim

Based on

Taras Bulba
by Nikolai Gogol

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Taras Bulba
French	Tarass Boulba
Directed by	Alexis Granowsky
Written by	Pierre Benoît Fritz Falkenstein Jacques Natanson Carlo Rim
Based on	Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
Starring	Harry Baur Jean-Pierre Aumont Danielle Darrieux
Cinematography	Jean Bachelet Louis Née Franz Planer
Edited by	Jacques Saint-Léonard
Music by	Paul Dessau Joe Hajos
Production company	GG Films
Distributed by	Societé d'Exploitation et de Distribution de Films
Release date	5 March 1936 (1936-03-05)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

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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.