Director Edgar G. Ulmer executed the low-budget COSSACKS IN EXILE (1939) with a stylish flair; this obscure little operetta contains many pleasant moments.
In the Ukraine, 1775, the Zaporogian Cossacks learn that Moscow is sending soldiers to destroy their fort. The Ukrainian villagers appeal to Czarina Catherine, but she insists that they join the Russian army or risk annihilation. Instead, the Cossacks burn their fort and flee on the Danube River
to Turkey, where they live in peace, but still yearn for their homeland.
While settling in Turkey, Ivan Karas (Michael Schvetz) and his wife, Odarka (Maria Sokil), worry about their daughter, Oxana (Helen Orlenco)...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
82 mins