The Rebel Son

The Rebel Son
Directed by	Adrian Brunel Albert de Courville Alexis Granowsky
Written by	Adrian Brunel (screenplay) Nikolai Gogol (original story)
Produced by	Charles David E.C. Molinier
Starring	Roger Livesey Bernard Miles Harry Baur Anthony Bushell Patricia Roc
Cinematography	Bernard Browne Franz Planer
Edited by	Lionel Hoare William Hornbeck Pat Wooley
Music by	Stock music by Arthur Benjamin and Ernst Toch
Production company	London Films
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	1938 (1938)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Rebel Son is a 1938 British historical adventure film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell and Roger Livesey. Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role. It is a re-working by Alexander Korda of Granowski's 1936 French film adaptation of the Russian novel Taras Bulba by Russian classic writer Nikolai Gogol, set in the 17th century Ukraine.

It was also known by the alternative titles The Barbarian and the Lady or The Rebel Son of Taras Bulba.

Cast

• Harry Baur as Taras Bulba
• Anthony Bushell as Andrei Bulba
• Roger Livesey as Peter Bulba
• Patricia Roc as Marina
• Joan Gardner as Galka
• Frederick Culley as Prince Zammitsky
• Bernard Miles as Polish Prisoner
• Joe Cunningham as Sachka
• Charles Farrell as Tovkatch
• Stafford Hilliard as Stutterer
• Ann Wemyss as Selima

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• The Rebel Son at IMDb