Zhavoronok

Name: Zhavoronok
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1965-05-01
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Vyacheslav Gurenkov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Valeriy Pogoreltsev, Valentins Skulme, Bruno O'Ya

IMDb ID: tt0314947 · Year: 1965 · Rating: 7.2 (285 votes)

Genres: Drama · History · War

During World War II, a squad of Soviet POWs steals a tank from Nazi test site and rushes into a desperate shoot over Germany.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesRomania: Ciocârlia
Canada: L'odyssée du T.34 (French)
France: L'Odyssée du T.34
Yugoslavia: Odiseja u tenku (Serbian)
Japan: Oni sensya T34
Poland: Skowronek
Estonia: T 34
World-wide: Tank T-34 (English, review title)
Soviet Union: Жаворонок (Russian)
Japan: 鬼戦車T34 (Japanese)
Odiseja u tenkuRelease Date1965-05-01Runtime91 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews3Critic Reviews1Countries / RegionsSoviet UnionLanguagesRussianKeywordstank troops
tank
armor
uniform
soviet troopsProduction CompaniesLenfilm StudioIMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314947/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0314947.jpgUpdated At2025-07-23T10:07:21

Directors

Nikita Kurikhin
Leonid Menaker

Writers

Mikhail Dudin
Sergey Orlov

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Vyacheslav Gurenkov | Character: Ivan
Actor: Gennadiy Yukhtin | Character: Pyotr
Actor: Valeriy Pogoreltsev | Character: Alyosha
Actor: Valentins Skulme | Character: Jean Peugeot
Actor: Bruno O'Ya | Character: Obersturmbannfuhrer
Actor: Ervin Abel | Character: Sturmbannfuhrer Karl
Actor: Zanis Katlaps | Character: German Colonel
Actor: Heino Mandri | Character: Standartenfuhrer
Actor: Gunars Placens | Character: German Soldier
Actor: Olev Tinn | Character: Military Engineer
Actor: Janis Jurovs | Character: German Soldier
Actor: Zhanna Shabalina | Character: POW in the Field
Actor: M. Tule | Character: Estate Owner
Actor: Yuliya Dioshi | Character: Hitlerjugend Member
Actor: Lyudmila Glazova | Character: POW in the Field
Actor: Lyubov Malinovskaya | Character: POW in the Field
Actor: N. Fadeyeva | Character: POW in the Field
Actor: Aleksandr Afanasev | Character: German Officer
Actor: Tõnu Aav | Character: German Pilot
Actor: Mikhail Vasilyev | Character: Estate Caretaker
Actor: Helmut Vaag | Character: Bar Owner
Actor: Gennadiy Kirik | Character: Actor
Actor: Gunnar Kilgas | Character: German Officer
Actor: Janis Filipsons | Character: One-Armed Soldier
Actor: Rudolf Nuude | Character: German Policeman
Actor: V. Opanasyuk | Character: Actor
Actor: Aleksandr Gustavson | Character: Actor
Actor: Evgeniy Grigorev | Character: Father of the One-Armed Soldier

[Directors Group]
Name: Nikita Kurikhin | Role: Director
Name: Leonid Menaker | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Mikhail Dudin | Role: Writer
Name: Sergey Orlov | Role: Writer

[Music Group]
Name: Yakov Vaisburd | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Viktor Karasyov | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Nikolai Zhilin | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Raisa Izakson | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Boris Bykov | Role: Production Designer

[Sound Department]
Name: Konstantin Lashkov | Role: Sound Department

Trailers

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314947/videogallery/

Release Schedule

Soviet Union: May 1, 1965
France: May 13, 1965 (Cannes Film Festival)
Japan: November 30, 1965
France: September 14, 1966
Romania: July 24, 1967

Awards

Nominee | 1965 | Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nikita Kurikhin, Leonid Menaker, Zhavoronok

Box Office

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