The Rebel Son Explained

The Rebel Son
Director:	Adrian Brunel Albert de Courville Alexis Granowsky
Producer:	Charles David E.C. Molinier
Starring:	Roger Livesey Bernard Miles Harry Baur Anthony Bushell Patricia Roc
Music:	Stock music by Arthur Benjamin and Ernst Toch
Cinematography:	Bernard Browne Franz Planer
Editing:	Lionel Hoare William Hornbeck Pat Wooley
Studio:	London Films
Distributor:	United Artists
Runtime:	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.^{[1] [2]} Patricia Roc also appears in her first screen role.^[3] 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.^[4]

It was also known by the alternative titles The Barbarian and the Lady or The Rebel Son of Taras Bulba.^[1]

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Rebel Son (1939). https://web.archive.org/web/20190416002320/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf25429. dead. 16 April 2019. BFI.
2. Web site: The Rebel Son. mubi.com.
3. News: Actress Patricia Roc, Rank starlet seen as the epitome of the English rose. The Guardian . 31 December 2003. 31 December 2008 . London . Ronald . Bergan.
4. Web site: The Rebel's Son (1939) - Adrian Brunel, Albert de Courville, Alexis Granowsky | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie. www.allmovie.com.