The Rebel Son

  • History
  • Adventure
2/2/1938
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Storyline

During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with the daughter of a Polish nobleman.

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      • Geronimo1967

        Now you do have to suspend belief a bit with this as neither Roger Livesey nor Anthony Bushell make for especially convincing Cossacks, but once the brothers Peter and Andrew (not Andrei) return from their educational sojourn to Kiev, the scene is swiftly set for a mixture of betrayal, rebellion and romance. The Poles are in charge and its the prince Zamnitsky (Frederick Culley) who commands these unruly serfs, before his daughter Marina (Patricia Roc) attracts the attention of Peter who quickly forgets all his familial and tribal loyalties and soon has his father Taras (a positively exuberant Harry Baur) in conniptions that could induce a double hernia, if the dancing didnt do that first! Despite the plentiful and unconvincingly plummy Eng...

        November 15, 2025