Cossacks in Exile (1939)

Director Edgar G Ulmer executed the lowbudget COSSACKS IN EXILE 1939 for UkrainianCanadian producer Vasile Avramenko 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