About amusing adventures of the young blunderer Yankel during World War II who survives thanks to the sluggishness. The hired legionary he is taken prisoner, will pass across Sicily with the army of allies and it will appear in Indochina. And everywhere he will be accompanied by glory.
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Cast
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Ramaz Ioseliani
Yankel Lapidus
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Marina Politseymako
Pani Lapidus
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House of Fools
Semyon Farada
Chaimovich
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Formula of Love
Adventures of Captain Vrungel
Avangard Leontyev
Zaremba
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Burnt by the Sun
Oblomov
Algis Matulionis
Kurt
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Double Trap
Genius
Audrius Hadaravičius
politseyskiy
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Anna Afanasyeva
Karolina
Also in
A Sacrifice for the Emperor
The Last Days of the Last Tsar
Julia Menakerman
devochka
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Karina Moritts
devushka
Also in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
A Simple Death
Vadim Zhuk
muzykant
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Valdas Mykolas Jatautis
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March, march! Tra-ta-ta!
Efraim Sevela Director · Isaac Schwarts Composer Vadim Avloshenko Cinematographer
First release January 1, 1990 · Produced in Germany, Russia, Russia · Original title Попугай, говорящий на идиш
Production
Germany · Russia · Russia
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Original title
Попугай, говорящий на идиш
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
Russia · January 1, 1990
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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