The Wagtail's Army

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.

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

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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