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Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

20095.12h 11m

Overview

Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

Directed by Vladimir Bortko
Written by Vladimir Bortko, Nikolai Gogol
Produced by Ruben Dishdishyan, Anton Zlatopolskiy
Box OfficeBudget: $25.0MRevenue: $16.8M

Top Cast

Magdalena Mielcarz

Magdalena Mielcarz

Panna Elzhbeta

Bohdan Stupka

Bohdan Stupka

Taras Bulba

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Vladimir Vdovichenkov

Ostap Bulba

Igor Petrenko

Igor Petrenko

Andriy Bulba

Mikhail Boyarskiy

Mikhail Boyarskiy

Vladimir Ilin

Vladimir Ilin

Yuri Belyayev

Yuri Belyayev

Ada Rohovtseva

Ada Rohovtseva

Boris Khmelnitsky

Boris Khmelnitsky

Daniel Olbrychski

Daniel Olbrychski

Krasnevsky

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookparent child relationshipcossacksword fight16th century

About Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba is a drama, history film released in 2009 exploring themes of based on novel or book, parent child relationship, cossack, sword fight, 16th century. Directed by Vladimir Bortko, it stars Magdalena Mielcarz, Bohdan Stupka, Vladimir Vdovichenkov. Set in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to defend their lands from the advancing Polish armies.

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