The Wagtail's Army

Wagtails Army
Wagtails Army
	Russian poster
	Russian: Армия «Трясогузки»
Directed by	Aleksandrs Leimanis
Written by	; Aleksandr Vlasov;
Produced by	; ;
Starring	; ; ; Gunārs Cilinskis; Ivan Kuznetsov;
Cinematography
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[]

as Tryasoguzka
as Gypsy
as Mika
Gunārs Cilinskis as Platais (voiced by Artyom Karapetyan)
Ivan Kuznetsov as Kondrat
as Nikolay
Aleksey Alekseev as colonel
as esaul
as lineman
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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