Taras Bulba (1962 film)

Taras Bulba
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJ. Lee Thompson
Screenplay byWaldo Salt
Karl Tunberg
Based onTaras Bulba
by Nikolai Gogol
Produced byHarold Hecht
StarringTony Curtis
Yul Brynner
CinematographyJoe MacDonald
Edited byFolmar Blangsted
Gene Milford
William Reynolds
Eda Warren
Music byFranz Waxman
Production
companies
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • December 19, 1962 (1962-12-19) (Chicago)
  • December 25, 1962 (1962-12-25) (New York City)
  • December 26, 1962 (1962-12-26) (Los Angeles)
Running time
122 minutes
124 minutes
(TCM print)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$3,400,000 (rentals)[2]

Taras Bulba is a 1962 American historical adventure drama film based on Nikolai Gogol's novel Taras Bulba, starring Tony Curtis and Yul Brynner. The film was directed by J. Lee Thompson.

  1. ^ Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 155.
  2. ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964, pg 71.