The Cossacks (1960) DVD Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore, Giorgia Moll, Pierre Brice, Elena Zareschi, Erno Crisa and Massimo Girotti

The Cossacks (1960) DVD Color Region One – playable in North America – the US, Canada, etc. Dubbed in English. Approx. 112 min. Starring: Edmund Purdom, John Drew Barrymore, Giorgia Moll, Pierre Brice, Elena Zareschi, Erno Crisa, Massimo Girotti, Maria Grazia Spina and Louis Seigner. Written by Damiano Damiani, Federico Zardi, Ugo Liberatore and Viktor Tourjansky. Directed by Viktor Tourjansky and Giorgio Venturini. It is the mid-1800s, and Russia is expanding southeastwards into the lands of the Chechen people. Jemal (John Drew Barrymore), son of Shamil (Edmund Purdom) the Chechen leader, is sent to Saint Petersburg as a hostage and guarantee of a temporary peace treaty. While there, Jemal sees the power of Russia and falls in love with a Russian woman. The film focuses on the strife between the Circassian Muslims, led by Shamil and Czar Alexander (Massimo Girotti). When Shamil wants to make war again for the freedom of his people, his son is torn between old family loyalties and his