Gusarskaya ballada

1962 [RUSSIAN]

Comedy / Musical / War

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IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 1877 1.9K

musical

Plot summary

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.

Director

Eldar Ryazanov Photo
Eldar Ryazanov

Top cast

Nikolay Kryuchkov Photo
Nikolay Kryuchkov as Ivan
Gennadi Yudin Photo
Gennadi Yudin as Shura's commanding officer
Lev Polyakov Photo
Lev Polyakov as Pelymov
Leonid Yevtifyev Photo
Leonid Yevtifyev as Adyutant
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864.45 MB
986*720
Russian 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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1.74 GB
1480*1080
Russian 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardchatten 7 / 10

"Cornet, be a man!"

The old chestnut about a feisty young maiden who in her impatience to stick it to the enemy passes for a lad by the simple expedient of donning breeches and boots.On this particular telling the time is 1812 and the enemy is the French. The heroine as played by the late Larisa Golubkina is a sturdy young lassie who gallops around the steppes accompanied by a collection of distinctly unobservant soldiers who consistently fail to see through her disguise; one of the few to figure out her ruse being veteran comedian Igor Ilynsky in a guest spot as Kutuzov.To the accompaniment of a whimsical score by Tikhon Khrennikov there's plenty of swordplay, drinking, singing and carousing.All in all, a very Russian entertainment.
Reviewed by masyauefa 10 / 10

As great as a Ballada can get

This is one of my most favorite movies ever. It's a story of a woman that dresses up as a young man because she wishes to fight against the army of Napoleon, and finds herself in the same squad as the man that she's supposed to marry. The movie is like a one big poem with great lyrics and great music. But what really makes the movie so great is the great acting by the top of the line actors which is partly theatrical but fitting the movie very well. But unfortunately only people who knows the Russian Language can appreciate the movie since it's mostly about the dialogs. I don't think that there is or can be a good translation to any language. But for anyone who knows Russian this movie is a must see if not already an all-time favorite.
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