The Soldier and the Elephant (1978)

Genre : War, Drama, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 19M

Director : Dmitri Kesayants

Synopsis

Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan Zoo.

Actors

Frunzik Mkrtchyan
Frunzik Mkrtchyan
Armenak
Vladimir Pitsek
Vladimir Pitsek
Old railwayman
Vladislav Ryndin
Vladislav Ryndin
General
Ovanes Vanyan
Ovanes Vanyan
Young soldier (as Hovik Vanyan)
Alexey Bahar
Alexey Bahar
Chairman of kolkhoz
Valentina Davtyan
Valentina Davtyan
Matryonok
Steponas Kosmauskas
Steponas Kosmauskas
Old German man
Vadim Grachov
Vadim Grachov
Lieutenant
Aleksey Dmitriev
Aleksey Dmitriev
Egorka
A. Morkovskis
A. Morkovskis
German guy
Igor Medvedev
Igor Medvedev
G. Krishtal
G. Krishtal
Armen Khostikyan
Armen Khostikyan
Yelena Maksimova
Yelena Maksimova
V. Almazova
V. Almazova
S. Berilla
S. Berilla
Gen Gurgen Shahnazaryan
Gen Gurgen Shahnazaryan
R. Gritsenko
R. Gritsenko
Lev Jigarjyan
Lev Jigarjyan
T. Lipina
T. Lipina
Lusine Martirosyan
Lusine Martirosyan
Ye. Nersisyan
Ye. Nersisyan
Velemir Ovcharov
Velemir Ovcharov
A. Panasenko
A. Panasenko
A. Patsekonis
A. Patsekonis
Konstantin Veremejchik
Konstantin Veremejchik
Laimutė Štrimaitytė
Laimutė Štrimaitytė
German girl
Татьяна Лепина
Татьяна Лепина
Vigen Stepanyan
Vigen Stepanyan
Senior lieutenant
Elena Volskaya
Elena Volskaya

Crews

Dmitri Kesayants
Dmitri Kesayants
Director
Dmitri Kesayants
Dmitri Kesayants
Writer
Eduard Akopov
Eduard Akopov
Writer

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