Say a Word for the Poor Hussar

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Directed by	Eldar Ryazanov
Written by	Eldar Ryazanov Grigori Gorin
Produced by	Boris Krishtul
Starring	Stanislav Sadalskiy Oleg Basilashvili Valentin Gaft Yevgeny Leonov
Narrated by	Andrei Mironov
Cinematography	Vladimir Nakhabtsev
Music by	Andrey Petrov[1]
Production company	Mosfilm
Release date	January 1981 (1981-01)
Running time	167 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Say a Word for the Poor Hussar^[2] (Russian: О бедном гусаре замолвите слово),^[3] translit. O bednom gusare zamolvite slovo. Literary “Put a good word for a poor hussar”) is a 1981 Soviet film directed by Eldar Ryazanov, shot in the style of a historical tragicomedy.