Squadron of Flying Hussars

1980 Soviet war film

Squadron of Flying Hussars

Russian: Эскадрон гусар летучих
Directed by|

* Nikita Khubov
* Stanislav Rostotsky

Written by| Sergei Yermolinsky
Starring|

* Andrei Rostotsky
* Marina Shimanskaya
* Yevgeni Lebedev
* Nikolai Yeremenko Jr.
* Lidiya Kuznetsova

Cinematography| Mikhail Yakovich
Edited by| Galina Shatrova
Music by| Alexander Zhurbin

Production
company

Gorky Film Studio

Release date

* 1980 (1980)

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

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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

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* 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

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1. ^ Наталья Эфендиева: Ржевский против Сокурова. Пустота отечественного кинематографа
2. ^ Кино о войне 1812 года: комиксы вышли замуж за пошлятину
3. ^ Эскадрон гусар летучих on KinoPoisk
4. ^ Эскадрон гусар летучих (1981) Full Cast / Crew
5. ^ Fyodor Razzakov (5 September 2017). Гибель советского кино. Тайна закулисной войны. 1973-1991. ISBN 9785457021723. Retrieved 2015-04-02.

## External links

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* Squadron of Flying Hussars at IMDb

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Films by Stanislav Rostotsky

* It Happened in Penkovo (1957)
* May Stars (1959)
* On Seven Winds (1962)
* Hero of Our Time (1966)
* We'll Live Till Monday (1968)
* The Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
* Under en steinhimmel (1974)
* White Bim Black Ear (1977)
* Squadron of Flying Hussars (1980)
* Trees Grow on the Stones Too (1984)
* From the Life of Fyodor Kuzkin (1989)

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