Taras Bulba (2009)

An adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's novella of the same name. Set in the sixteenth century, it follows Colonel Taras Bulba of Uman, who takes his sons Andriy and Ostap to study in Kyiv and then to the Zaporozhian Sich. Andriy's love for a Polish noblewoman becomes a turning point for the family. Vladimir Bortko directed and wrote the screenplay, with Bohdan Stupka in the title role. It premiered on 2 April 2009. Matlyuba Alimova plays the Tatar servant of the noblewoman.