''Taras Bulba'' is a 1924 German silent adventure film directed by

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and Joseph N. Ermolieff and starring J.N. Douvan-Tarzow, Oscar Marion and Clementine Plessner. It is based on the short story ''

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'' by Nikolai Gogol, and made at the

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. It was one of several Russian-themed films that exiled producer Ermolieff made in Munich during the 1920s.Rollberg p. 219 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 *

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as Panotschka * N.N. Novitzky as Woiwode * Alexander Polonsky as Jankel, Innkeeper * Josef Rounitch as Ostap, Son of Taras *

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as Servant * August Junker * Rudolf Raab

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1924 films Films of the Weimar Republic German historical adventure films German silent feature films 1920s historical adventure films Films set in Ukraine Films based on Taras Bulba Films set in the 16th century German black-and-white films Silent historical adventure films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{silent-adventure-film-stub