The Lark

The Lark

91 mins | Drama, Action, War | Dec. 22, 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.

The Lark

91 mins | Drama, Action, War | Dec. 22, 1964

The Lark
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Lenfilm
Original title Жаворонок
Directors Nikita Kurikhin, Leonid Menaker
Writers Sergey Orlov, Mikhail Dudin

Cast

Gennadiy Yukhtin

as Pyotr

Valeriy Pogoreltsev

as Alyosha

Valentins Skulme

as Jean Peugeot

Bruno O'Ya

as Obersturmbannfuhrer

Ervin Abel

as Sturmbannfuhrer Karl

Žanis Katlaps

as German Colonel

Heino Mandri

as Standartenfuhrer

Gunārs Placēns

as German Soldier

Olev Tinn

as Military Engineer

Janis Jurovs

as German Soldier

Zhanna Shabalina

as POW in the Field

Zhanna Shabalina

as POW in the Field

M. Tule

as Estate Owner

Yuliya Dioshi

as Hitlerjugend Member

Lyudmila Glazova

as POW in the Field

Lyubov Malinovskaya

as POW in the Field

N. Fadeyeva

as POW in the Field

Aleksandr Afanasev

as German Officer

Tõnu Aav

as German Pilot

Mikhail Vasilyev

as Estate Caretaker

Helmut Vaag

as Bar Owner

Gunnar Kilgas

as German Officer

Jānis Filipsons

as One-Armed Soldier

Rudolf Nuude

as German Policeman

Evgeniy Grigorev

as Father of the One-Armed Soldier (uncredited)