"French and Russian troops (from an old Soviet film)" Topic

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Osage2017	04 Aug 2018 7:12 p.m. PST
From a Soviet film "Hussar Ballad": YouTube link Beautiful uniforms of French and Russian troops during the 1812 Russian Campaign: French cuirassiers Dutch Red Lancers of Imperial Guard Russian hussars, infantry, artillery, staffs etc.
Bobgnar	04 Aug 2018 8:29 p.m. PST
Thanks. Very colorful. It is like a Bollywood movie of the Napoleonic wars :)
IGWARG1	04 Aug 2018 9:50 p.m. PST
It's a musical comedy. Interestingly, marching French soldiers sing raunchy song about great king Henry the 4th (late 16th and early 17th century) that Napoleonic soldiers loved to sing. In the film song is not very raunchy. This film is available with English subtitles on Youtube, but subtitles are pretty bad because the film is in poetry rime.
Flashman14	04 Aug 2018 9:58 p.m. PST
That's splendid!
Darrell B D Day	05 Aug 2018 3:28 a.m. PST
It's like a 1950s tv Western with French cuirassiers as Indians and a Russian hussar as the Pony Express rider, complete with deadly accurate, repeating pistol. Excellent – loved it😀 DBDD
Gazzola	05 Aug 2018 4:14 a.m. PST
Entertaining to a point. But you have to admire those Russian artillery crews and guns. One or two men per cannon and guns that don't recoil when fired. LOL
Osage2017	07 Aug 2018 8:45 p.m. PST
I don't know if this is better, or western production on Waterloo, showing Wellington with a long mustache.

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