Eid Movie Special - September 2015
"Taras Bulba" (1962)
"Taras Bulba" (1962) is an epic film based on the 19th century novel about the nation of Cossacks against the Poles (as in Poland) set in the 16th century. Starring Yul Brynner and Tony Curtis along with Christine Kaufmann (who became Mrs. Tony Curtis just after the filming of the same movie). The theme revolves around honour, courage, beauty, light romance and revenge. This movie was shown by PTV (Pakistan Television) in the 1980s and available on the link above. It is quite entertaining and clean considering the standards of the movies of today. Regarding the negative portrayal of Ottoman Empire in the movie in the earlier section, it should be remembered that Hollywood always downplayed the opponents of the West, including the Russians and Native Americans, as this is what their historians recorded in their "scripts". And Eid Mubarak !!
- S Roman Ahsan.
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