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Revision as of 11:09, 4 September 2017


The Lark
Zhavoronok
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Film poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USSR
Directed by Nikita Kurikhin
Leonid Menaker
Release Date 1964
Language Russian
Studio Lenfilm
Main Cast
Character Actor
Ivan Vyacheslav Gurenkov
Pyotr Gennadiy Yukhtin
Frenchman Valentins Skulme
Obersturmfuhrer Bruno O'Ya


The Lark (Zhavoronok) (Russian Title: Жаворонок) is a 1964 Soviet World War II drama directed by Nikita Kurikhin and Leonid Menaker. In summer 1942 Germans test new anti-tank shells. As the targets they use captured Russian tanks driven by captive Soviet soldiers and civilian prisoners of concentration camps. One of the tanks escapes from a captivity.

The following weapons are featured in the film The Lark (Zhavoronok):


Luger P08

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Luger P08 - 9x19mm
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German officer holds his Luger P08

MP38

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MP38 submachine gun - 9x19mm
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German soldier carries the MP38

MP40

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MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
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German soldier aims his MP40 at Ivan (Vyacheslav Gurenkov)
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Frenchman (Valentins Skulme) firing captured MP40 at German soldiers
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German soldier holds his MP40 submachine gun
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Close up of MP40 magazine

AKS-47

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Type III AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm
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Frenchman`s MP40 miraculously transforms into an AKS-47 for a few seconds.

Mauser Karabiner 98k

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm
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German soldiers armed with Karabiner 98k seen on a cinema screen

57 mm S-60

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Soviet 57-mm automatic air defense gun S-60 (probably represented as German 8.8 cm Flak 18-36) can be seen in the end of movie

7.5 cm Pak 97/38

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7.5 cm Pak 97/38 anti-tank gun - 75×350mm R
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German gunners firing 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 at captured Russian tanks
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Another 7.5 cm Pak 97/38. Note its poor condition.

(D-44?) Antitank Gun

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German gunners firing antitank gun which looks like Soviet 85-mm antitank gun D-44 without muzzle brake
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BTR-152

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German troops use Soviet BTR-152 armored personnel carrier (actually entered service in 1950)

T-34-76

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Soviet medium tank T-34-76 Model 1942. The main characters of the movie escaped from captivity in this tank

T-34-85

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Some T-34-85 used in this movie. But actually this tanks entered service only in 1944