What is the duration of The Lark?

The duration of The Lark is 91 mins.

What is the original language of The Lark?

The original language of The Lark is Russian.

Who directed The Lark?

The Lark was directed by Leonid Menaker, Nikita Kurikhin.

Which studio made The Lark?

The Lark was produced by Lenfilm.

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Q: Does The Lark have end credit scenes?

The Lark does not have end credit scenes.

War

Action

Drama

Runtime

91 mins

Language

Russian

Captured Russian POWs seize a tank and launch a daring cross‑country chase of the Nazis. They give the Germans their tanks for target practice with a new anti‑tank weapon, then unleash chaos, toppling monuments before reaching female forced‑laborers. Their bold mission shows cunning as they turn the battlefield into a deadly cat‑and‑mouse game.

Lenfilm

Studio

Leonid Menaker

Director

Nikita Kurikhin

Director

Does The Lark have end credit scenes?

No!

The Lark does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

Meet the Full Cast and Actors of The Lark

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Tõnu Aav

German Pilot

Gunars Placens

German Soldier

Mikhail Vasilyev

Estate Caretaker

Vladimir Petrov

German Officer

Vyacheslav Gurenkov

Ivan

Gunnar Kilgas

German Officer

Bruno O'Ya

Obersturmbannfuhrer

Heino Mandri

Standartenfuhrer

Lyubov Malinovskaya

POW in the Field

Valeriy Pogoreltsev

Alyosha

Gennadiy Yukhtin

Pyotr

Valentīns Skulme

Jean Peugeot

Rudolf Nuude

German Policeman

Yevgeni Grigoryev

Father of the One-Armed Soldier (uncredited)

Yuliya Dioshi

Hitlerjugend Member

Ervin Abel

Sturmbannfuhrer Karl

Helmut Vaag

Bar Owner

Olev Tinn

Military Engineer

Lyudmila Glazova

POW in the Field

Žanis Katlaps

German Colonel

Janis Jurovs

German Soldier

Zhanna Shabalina

POW in the Field

M. Tule

Estate Owner

N. Fadeyeva

POW in the Field

Aleksandr Afanasev

German Officer

Janis Filipsons

One-Armed Soldier

Gennadiy Kirik

V. Opanasyuk

Aleksandr Gustavson

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Full Plot Summary and Ending Explained for The Lark

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The opening sequence states that the film is based on true events. Set deep within Nazi Germany on June 22, 1942, the story follows the grim use of captured Soviet tanks as live targets for testing anti-tank weapons. These “death crews” consist of Soviet prisoners of war and civilians from concentration camps, forced to fight and die in brutal experiments. The film chronicles the escape of one such tank crew led by Ivan, a skilled mechanic and driver, who, along with two other Red Army soldiers and a fighter from the French Resistance—Jean Peugeot—breaks through enemy lines in a T-34 tank. Along their route, they rescue Soviet women forced into labor, disrupt a German town, raid supplies, and destroy a monument to a Teutonic knight, shaking the town’s sense of victory and safety.

As the crew fights through enemy territory, they suffer losses: the French fighter is killed by a bomb, and Alyosha and Pyotr die after leaving the tank during an attack. In a final act of defiance and humanity, Ivan saves a young German boy crossing the road but is shot dead by German forces moments later.

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The Lark Themes and Keywords

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tank troopstankarmoruniformsoviet troopst 34 tankred armypowpow escapeself sacrificetank hijackingchild rescuebehind enemy linesgreat patriotic warworld war twotank crew

The Lark Other Names and Titles

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T-34 Tank T-34 Zhavoronok JAVORONOK L'odyssée du T.34 鬼戰車T34

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