Wagtails Army
Russian poster
Russian: Армия «Трясогузки»
Directed byAleksandrs Leimanis
Written by
  • Arkadi Mlodik
  • Aleksandr Vlasov
Produced by
  • Marks Cirelsons
  • Augusts Petersons
Starring
CinematographyMāris Rudzītis
Edited byĒrika Meškovska
Music byKirill Molchanov
Production
company
Release date
  • December 28, 1964 (1964-12-28)
Running time
84 min.
CountrySoviet Union
Languages
  • Russian
  • Latvian

Wagtails Army (Russian: Армия «Трясогузки», romanized: Armiya 'Tryasoguzki', Latvian: Cielaviņas armija) is a 1964 Soviet family film directed by Aleksandrs Leimanis.[1][2][3] Screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alexander Vlasov and Arkady Mlodik.

Plot

Kolchak's train had an accident, at the site of which the White Guards discovered a checkbox with the text "Wagtails Army", as a result of which the massive arrests began.[4]

Cast

  • Viktor Kholmogorov as Tryasoguzka
  • Yuri Korzhov as Gypsy
  • Aivars Galviņš as Mika
  • Gunārs Cilinskis as Platais (voiced by Artyom Karapetyan)
  • Ivan Kuznetsov as Kondrat
  • Viktor Plyut as Nikolay
  • Aleksey Alekseev as colonel
  • Gurgen Tonunts as esaul
  • Pavel Shpringfeld as lineman
  • Uldis Dumpis as adjutant[5]
  • Ivan Lapikov as wounded man

Sequel

On December 23, 1968, the sequel to The Wagtail's Army Again in Battle was released on Soviet screens, also directed by Leimanis.

References

  1. ↑ Лучшие фильмы, которые нужно бы показать российским детям (список)
  2. ↑ В киноклубе псковской библиотеки состоится показ фильма Александра Лейманиса «Армия «Трясогузки» снова в бою»
  3. ↑ Anastasiya Chekhovskaya (2014-03-04). "Революция в школьной программе и вне" [A revolution in the school curriculum and beyond]. Radio Svoboda (in Russian).
  4. ↑ Армия Трясогузки // КиноПоиск
  5. ↑ The Wagtail's Army (1964) Full Cast / Crew


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