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Aleksandrs Leimanis Aleksandrs Leimanis (17 October 1913, in the village Gabrilovo, Smolensk Governorate – 17 June 1990 in Riga) was a Latvian film director. His film work spanned the Soviet period, during which he directed over 15 films, including the cult class ...

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Kirill Molchanov Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov (russian: Кирилл Владимирович Молчанов; 7 September 1922 – 14 March 1982) was a Russian and Soviet composer. He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had ...

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Riga Film Studio Riga Film Studio ( lv, Rīgas kinostudija, russian: Рижская киностудия, Rizhskaya kinostudiya) is a Latvian film production company based in Riga and founded in 1940 on the basis of the earlier private film companies. In 1948, th ...

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Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, language = , budget = Wagtails Army (russian: Армия «Трясогузки», Armiya 'Tryasoguzki', lv, Cielaviņas armija) is a 1964 Soviet family film directed by

. 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.

Cast

* Viktor Kholmogorov as Tryasoguzka * Yuri Korzhov as Gypsy * Aivars Galviņš as Mika *

Gunārs Cilinskis Gunārs Cilinskis (23 May 1931, Riga — 25 July 1992, Riga District) was a Latvian theater and film actor, film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1979). Family * Wife — Velta Line (1923-2012), actress, Peop ...

as Platais (voiced by Artyom Karapetyan) * Ivan Kuznetsov as Kondrat * Viktor Plyut as Nikolay * Aleksey Alekseev as colonel * Gurgen Tonunts as esaul *

Pavel Shpringfeld Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

as lineman *

Uldis Dumpis Uldis is a Latvian male given name that is a variant of the German name Ulrich, which means "powerful heritage". The name may refer to: * Uldis Augulis (born 1972), Latvian politician * Uldis Bērziņš (1944–2021), Latvian writer * Uldis Bri ...

as adjutantThe Wagtail's Army (1964) Full Cast / Crew
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Ivan Lapikov Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov (Russian: Иван Герасимович Лапиков; 7 July 1922 – 2 May 1993) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1982). Biography Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, ...

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

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Russian-language films Latvian-language films Russian Civil War films Soviet-era Latvian films Russian children's adventure films Latvian children's films Soviet black-and-white films Films based on Russian novels Films set in the Soviet Union Soviet children's films {{1960s-USSR-film-stub