The Lark (en ruso : Жаворонок , romanizado : Zhavoronok ) es una película de guerra soviética de 1965 dirigida por Nikita Kurikhin y Leonid Menaker . Se inscribió en el Festival de Cine de Cannes de 1965 .
Kazakh scientist and traveler, Chokan Valikhanov studied at St. Petersburg University and was well known in Russia. When sent to war against the Kazakhs, Valikhanov was forced to make a choice between Tzar and native land.
