Vasiliy Buslaev
1983, Russian. Directed by Gennadi Vasilyev.
The film is based on Sergei Narovchatov’s poem. Vassily Buslayev is an epic Russian hero who rose to defend the freedom and independence of his people. The strength and power of this son of a Novgorod governor, his friendship with simple folk enraged and scared the rich, fat merchants of the city. When they learned that the young man was setting out on a march to save his native land from the enemy, they couldn’t be more happy: how could he defeat a foe so mighty! But Vassily overcomes all intrigues and brings his expedition to a victorious end. He returns home a hero, and not alone but with a sweetheart. When a threat of enemy invasion again looms over Novgorod, people come and beg Vassily to defend their native land.
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Gennadi VasilyevDirector
- Dmitriy ZolotukhinVasili Buslayev
- Lyudmila KhityaevaVasili's mother
- Irina AlfyorovaKsenia
- Valeriy NosikFilka
- Natalya KrachkovskayaOkuliha
- Mikhail KokshenovGavrila
- Andrey MartynovOkulov
- Aleksey ZaytsevPotanya
- Dmitri MatveyevKostya Novotorzhanin
- Matlyuba AlimovaIrene, Empress of Byzantium
- Boris Zhadanovskyimperator
- Vitaliy Yakovlevbrother of Novotorzhaninov
Details
- Released
- 3 January 1983
- Original title
- Василий Буслаев
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Boris Shustrov, Sergei Narovchatov
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Vasiliy Buslaev runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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Vasiliy Buslaev isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 January 1983. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Vasiliy Buslaev?
Vasiliy Buslaev (1983) was directed by Gennadi Vasilyev and stars Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Lyudmila Khityaeva, Irina Alfyorova.