Squadron of Flying Hussars
{{Short description|1980 Soviet war film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Squadron of Flying Hussars
| native_name = {{langx|ru|Эскадрон гусар летучих}}
| image =Squadron of Flying Hussars.jpg
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| director = {{Plainlist|
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| producer =
| writer = Sergei Yermolinsky
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| music = Alexander Zhurbin
| cinematography = Mikhail Yakovich
| editing = Galina Shatrova
| released = {{Film date|1980}}
| studio= Gorky Film Studio
| runtime = 164 min.
| country = Soviet Union
| language = Russian
| budget =
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Squadron of Flying Hussars ({{langx|ru|Эскадрон гусар летучих|Eskadron gusar letuchikh}}) is a 1980 Soviet war film directed by Nikita Khubov and Stanislav Rostotsky.[https://www.amic.ru/news/172090/ Наталья Эфендиева: Ржевский против Сокурова. Пустота отечественного кинематографа][https://ria.ru/20120125/548696261.html Кино о войне 1812 года: комиксы вышли замуж за пошлятину]
Plot
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.[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/42004/ Эскадрон гусар летучих] on KinoPoisk
Cast
- 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[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174627/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Эскадрон гусар летучих (1981) Full Cast / Crew]
- 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{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GYKhAAAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD+%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80+%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80+%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0&pg=PA1361 |title=Гибель советского кино. Тайна закулисной войны. 1973-1991|author=Fyodor Razzakov|date=5 September 2017|isbn=9785457021723|accessdate=2015-04-02}}
References
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