Les Cosaques

Original title: The Cossacks

1928
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1h 32m

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A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.A peace-loving Cossack chooses to prove himself in battle when his village and childhood sweetheart label him a coward.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 2 wins total

Top cast17

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John Gilbert

Lukashka

Renée Adorée

Maryana

Ernest Torrence

Ivan

Nils Asther

Prince Olenin

Paul Hurst

Sitchi

Dale Fuller

Maryana's Mother

Mary Alden

Lukashka's Mother

Josephine Borio

Stepka
(uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

Koozma
(uncredited)

Lou Costello

Extra
(uncredited)

Charles Darvas

Helena Dime

Minor Role
(uncredited)

George Goforth

Tavern Keeper
(uncredited)

Joseph Marievsky

Turkish Spy
(uncredited)

Neil Neely

Secondary Role
(uncredited)

Russ Powell

Cossack
(uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood

Uncle Eroshka
(uncredited)

User reviews13

Featured review

7/10

different culture

The Cossacks are warriors and farmers living under the Tsars of Muscovy and fighting fiercely against the Turks. Lukashka (John Gilbert) is the peace-loving only son of a fearsome chief and has no interest in fighting. He pursues village beauty Maryana. Everybody calls him a woman-man. He is a big disappointment to his father. After getting ridiculed by the villagers and a fight with his father, he turns into a heroic warrior. While the men are away to war, Prince Olenin Stieshneff visits the village and sets his sight on Maryana.

I find this a little funny. I find this world fascinating. It is unlike the modern world. I don't like many of the choices by these characters, but I do understand them. The torture scene gets to be a bit too much. All in all, it's a good action adventure with thrills and romancing.

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Trivia
Composer Robert Israel was commissioned by Turner Classic Movies to compose a new orchestral music score for their new High-Def broadcast edition, which aired on their network on June 1, 2014.

Goofs
It's never explained how Lukashka and his men return home from the Sultan's palace after the road they took to get to the palace is destroyed.

The road wasn't destroyed but blocked. Though it would take time, the Cossacks would have been able to clear it. Also, there often are different routes between two places, especially on horseback. There is no requirement that a film explain every detail.