Comedy ·War · Soviet Union · 1963 · 1h 36m

Ballad of a Hussar

Гусарская баллада

Director

Cast

Larisa Golubkina as Shura Azarova Yuriy Yakovlev as Lieutenant Rzhevsky Igor Ilyinsky as Field Marshal Kutuzov Nikolay Kryuchkov as Ivan Viktor Koltsov as Azarov Antoni Khodursky as Count Nurin

Crew

Leonid Kraynenkov — Director of Photography Yekaterina Ovsyannikova — Editor Tikhon Khrennikov — Original Music Composer Aleksandr Gladkov — Writer Gennady Myasnikov — Production Design Mikhail Bogdanov — Production Design

Synopsis

A young girl decides to join a Hussar squadron and fight against Napoleon. Dressed as a man, she proves herself an excellent, even heroic soldier, but complications ensue when her real identity is revealed.

Mood & Themes

musical

Key Collaborators

Eldar Ryazanov Director Leonid Kraynenkov Director of Photography Yekaterina Ovsyannikova Editor Tikhon Khrennikov Original Music Composer Aleksandr Gladkov Writer Gennady Myasnikov Production Design Mikhail Bogdanov Production Design Olga Kruchinina Costume Design

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