The Lark (1964)
Russian prisoners of war commandeer a tank and lead the Nazis on a cross-country chase in this World War II adventure drama. The Russians use their own tanks so the Nazis can use them as target practice to test a new anti-tank weapon. Knowing that death is near, the brave Russians run amok and tear down German monuments before heading out to a field where female slave laborers are working.
Directors: Nikita Kurikhin, Leonid Menaker.
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Vyacheslav Gurenkov as Ivan |
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Gennadiy Yukhtin as Pyotr |
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Valeriy Pogoreltsev as Alyosha |
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Valentīns Skulme as Jean Peugeot |
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Bruno O'Ya as Obersturmbannfuhrer |
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Ervin Abel as Sturmbannfuhrer Karl |
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Žanis Katlaps as German Colonel |
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Heino Mandri as Standartenfuhrer |
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Gunars Placens as German Soldier |
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Olev Tinn as Military Engineer |
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Janis Jurovs as German Soldier |
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Zhanna Shabalina as POW in the Field |
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M. Tule as Estate Owner |
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Yuliya Dioshi as Hitlerjugend Member |
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Lyudmila Glazova as POW in the Field |
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Lyubov Malinovskaya as POW in the Field |
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N. Fadeyeva as POW in the Field |
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Aleksandr Afanasev as German Officer |
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Tõnu Aav as German Pilot |
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Mikhail Vasilyev as Estate Caretaker |
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Helmut Vaag as Bar Owner |
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Gunnar Kilgas as German Officer |
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Janis Filipsons as One-Armed Soldier |
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Rudolf Nuude as German Policeman |
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Gennadiy Kirik as |
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V. Opanasyuk as |
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Aleksandr Gustavson as |
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Yevgeni Grigoryev as Father of the One-Armed Soldier (uncredited) |
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Vladimir Petrov as German Officer |
| Directing | Nikita Kurikhin | Director |
| Directing | Leonid Menaker | Director |
| Writing | Mikhail Dudin | Writer |
| Writing | Sergey Orlov | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Diana Mane | Costume Design |
| Camera | Viktor Karasyov | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Yakov Vaisburd | Music |
| Editing | Raisa Izakson | Editor |
| Camera | Nikolay Zhilin | Director of Photography |
| Art | Boris Bykov | Production Design |
| Sound | Konstantin Lashkov | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Eliseeva | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | G. Vdovichenko | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Mikhail Kuraev | Script Editor |
| Production | Yuri Dzhorogov | Producer |
| Sound | Nikolay Rabinovich | Conductor |
| Sound | Leo Korkhin | Conductor |
| Sound | Maya Kristalinskaya | Songs |
| Directing | A. Skorupskaya | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | V. Perov | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | K. Kirpicheva | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | V. Vasilkovsky | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Vadim Lunin | Assistant Camera |
| Art | A. Timofeyev | Assistant Production Design |
| Visual Effects | Yuriy Borovkov | VFX Artist |
| Visual Effects | Edgar Shtyrtskober | VFX Director of Photography |