mystiquious

Frankly not impressed, the acting if I could call it that is really bad and wooden. Yul Brynner over acts as always, hands on hips, forcing a laugh when nothing is funny. Tony Curtis seems almost lost as he joins in with what I would call a complete ridicule of the Cossack's. The story while it should have been quite serious, is a silly love story , Curtis falls for a Polish girl, and this acting is just over the top, he can't speak as he sees her , he's starry eyed and bushy tailed almost in a ridiculous swoon just thinking of her, just very bad acting , nothing to get excited about. As war finally breaks out the Cossack's are oh so colourful , there overly bright outfits of bright reds & yellows are all over the map and they just laugh and dance during the breaks , drinking vodka and preforming acrobatics while they wait. To the end it's a total Hollywood bore of that era where a popular but bad cast is used for could have been an epic classic.