Squadron of Flying Hussars
Appearance
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Russian: Эскадрон гусар летучих | |
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Written by | Sergei Yermolinsky |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Mikhail Yakovich |
Edited by | Galina Shatrova |
Music by | Alexander Zhurbin |
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Running time | 164 min. |
Country | Soviet Union |
Language | Russian |
Squadron of Flying Hussars (Russian: Эскадрон гусар летучих, romanized: Eskadron gusar letuchikh) is a 1980 Soviet war film directed by Nikita Khubov and Stanislav Rostotsky.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]Denis Davydov, a poet and hero, a man who became a legend during his lifetime, literally conquered his generation. Pushkin, Vyazemsky, Zhukovsky, Baratynsky and many other poets sang in their poems the military and poetic talent, tremendous charm and straightforward nobility, desperate courage and energy of the hussar and partisan, the hero of a glorious and turbulent time for Russia.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Andrei Rostotsky as Denis Davydov
- Marina Shimanskaya as Catherine
- Lidiya Kuznetsova as Katerina, a peasant woman
- Yevgeni Lebedev as Mikhail Kutuzov
- Yuri Rychkov as Popov
- Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. as Prince Bolkhovsky
- Andrei Syomin as Mitya Beketov
- Aleksandr Karin as Mikhail Grigorievich Bedryaga
- Aleksandr Zimin as Budelyok
- Vladimir Mashchenko as Colonel Eichen[4]
- Ivan Krasko as Colonel Ustimovich
- Igor Kashintsev as Khrapovitsky
- Boris Klyuyev as French officer
- Fyodor Odinokov as a partisan peasant
- Igor Yasulovich as French tailor
- Georgy Martirosyan as French officer (uncredited)
Songs to verses by Denis Davydov were performed by Alexander Khochinsky[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Наталья Эфендиева: Ржевский против Сокурова. Пустота отечественного кинематографа
- ^ Кино о войне 1812 года: комиксы вышли замуж за пошлятину
- ^ Эскадрон гусар летучих on KinoPoisk
- ^ Эскадрон гусар летучих (1981) Full Cast / Crew
- ^ Fyodor Razzakov (5 September 2017). Гибель советского кино. Тайна закулисной войны. 1973-1991. ISBN 9785457021723. Retrieved 2015-04-02.