The Wagtail's Army

Wagtails Army
Wagtails Army
	Russian poster
	Russian: Армия «Трясогузки»
Directed by	Aleksandrs Leimanis
Written by	Arkadi Mlodik; Aleksandr Vlasov;
Produced by	Marks Cirelsons; Augusts Petersons;
Starring	Viktor Kholmogorov; Yuri Korzhov; Aivars Galviņš; Gunārs Cilinskis; Ivan Kuznetsov;
Cinematography	Māris Rudzītis
Edited by	Ērika Meškovska
Music by	Kirill Molchanov
Production; company	Riga Film Studio
Release date	December 28, 1964;
Running time	84 min.
Country	Soviet 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

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

External links

The Wagtail's Army at IMDb

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[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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