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Cossacks in Exile (1939)
Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
Drama, Music, History · 1h 24m
In Ukraine, in 1775, the Zaporogian Cossacks learn that Moscow is sending soldiers to destroy their fort. The Ukrainian villagers appeal to Czarina Catherine, but she insists that they join the Russian army or risk annihilation. Instead, the Cossacks burn their fort and flee on the Danube River to Turkey, where they live in peace, but still yearn for their homeland.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Edgar G. Ulmer
- Screenplay
- Vasile Avramenko
- Novel
- Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
- Producer
- Vasile Avramenko
Details
- Original title
- Zaporozhets za Dunayem
- Release date
- 1939-01-27
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History
- Original language
- UK
- Spoken languages
- Hungarian, Ukrainian
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
- Production
- Ukrafilm Corp., Avramenko Film Productions, Inc.