Dead Man's Tale
(Chto skazal pokoynik)

DVD Cover

Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Creator	Igor Maslennikov
Broadcast	2000
No. of Seasons	1
No. of Episodes	10

Main Cast
Character	Actor

Joanna	Marta Klubowicz
Police Inspector/Commissioner Jensen	Oleg Tabakov
The gang boss	Oleg Basilashvili
"Ponytail"	Aleksey Buldakov
"Lame"	Evgeniy Voskresenskiy
"Bearded"	Vladimir Episkoposyan
Police Inspector Roberts	Aleksandr Pashutin
Peter	Aleksandr Romantsov
"Blondie" aka "Cutthroat"	Aleksandr Domogarov
Alicja	Ewa Szykulska

Dead Man's Tale (Chto skazal pokoynik) is a 2000 (filmed 1999) Russian crime comedy TV series, a screen adaptation of the novel "Cale zdanie nieboszczyka" by well known Polish author of crime comedy novels Joanna Chmielewska. Joanna (Marta Klubowicz), a Polish woman living in Denmark, visits an illegal gambling house. Suddenly a shootout happens, and one man who turns out to be an envoy of mafia is mortally wounded. He accidentally mistakes Joanna for another woman who is his contact and in his last words tells her the clue to finding the hidden treasures of the gang. The gangsters notice this, and Joanna is kidnapped and transferred to the gang lair in Brazil. But she's not going to give up so easily.

The following weapons were used in the television series Greg-Z/Sandbox:

Revolvers

Colt Python

"Lame" (Evgeniy Voskresenskiy), one of the trio of gangsters, is armed with a Colt Python in several scenes, set in Brazil.

Colt Python with 6" Barrel - .357 Magnum

"Lame" sleeps with a Python near his hand.

"Lame" wakes up and takes his revolver. The vent rib is seen.

Another view of the revolver.

"Lame" threatens a henchman who missed Joanna's attempt to escape.

Pistols

M1911A1

During the raid on the Suzuki's gang base in Brazil, "Bearded" (Vladimir Episkoposyan), another one of the trio of gangsters, is armed with an M1911A1 pistol. M1911s are also seen in hands of the henchmen in the same scene.

World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP

"Bearded" with M1911 pistol.

"Bearded"'s pistol is seen behind "Lame".

A henchman with two pistols, one of which is an M1911.

Stechkin APB

The gang boss (Oleg Basilashvili) takes a Stechkin APB pistol after he found that Joanna managed to escape from the dungeon of Chaumont-sur-Loire castle. He also holds the pistol in the final episode when French police storms his lair.

Stechkin APB with detached stock - 9x18mm Makarov

The boss attaches the sound suppressor to his pistol.

He threatens "Lame".

Another view of the pistol.

The boss fires at French police. The slide is seen moving.

Beretta 92F-style pistol

A Beretta 92F-style pistol is seen among the weapons that Joanna found on the Stella di Mare yacht. Judging by the brown plastic grips, uncommon for genuine pistols, it may be some blank-firing or non-firing replica.

For comparison: Beretta 92F (Early Model) - 9x19mm

A Beretta 92F-style pistol in the box.

Unidentified pistols

During the interrogation of arrested employees of the illegal gambling house in Copenhagen, the dealer Gilles (Arkadiy Koval) covertly gets a pocket pistol from the fake plumber Gustav (Andrey Butin). Danish Police inspector Jensen (Oleg Tabakov) spots this and disarms Gilles before he could use the gun. The pistol may be a member of a vast family of FN Model 1905.

Gustav covertly passes the pistol to Gilles.

Jensen disarms Gilles.

Interpol agent "Shorty" Berkovich (Mamuka Kikaleishvili) carries a compact pistol in shoulder holster.

A Danish police officer arrests "Shorty" who is erroneously taken for a gang member. The grip of "Shorty"'s pistol is seen in shoulder holster.

Commissioner Jensen (Oleg Tabakov) hands the pistol back to Berkovich.

During the operation against the gang lair, the Interpol agent, credited as "Blue-eyed", (Jan Jankowski) is armed with a suppressed pistol.

"Blue-eyed" holds his suppressed pistol.

In a number of scenes various characters hold pistols that are seen briefly, unclear due to fast motion or in distance.

During the raid on the Suzuki's gang base, a henchman at the left fires two pistols.

"Ponytail" looks through the security camera as Fernando (Igor Pismenny) commits suicide after Joanna managed to escape by his carelessness.

French police officers hold pistols during the operation of the castle in the final episode.

Submachine Guns

MAC-10/11

"Yellow-faced" (Boris Romanov) fires a MAC-10 or MAC-11 in the scene in the illegal gambling house in Copenhagen.

Ingram MAC-10 - 9x19mm

"Yellow-faced" draws a MAC-10.

He opens fire at Joanna and Eric.

PP-91-01 Kedr-B

The personnel of Danish police special unit carry PP-91-01 Kedr-B submachine guns during the raid on the illegal gambling house. Judging by the credits, the personnel of the 1st Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Forces "Vityaz" with their service firearms appear in this scene as the Danish police special unit. Kedr-B submachine guns were never used outside Russia but they may be a stand-in for Heckler & Koch MP5SD1/3/4.

PP-91-01 Kedr-B - 9x18mm

Several officers with Kedr-B submachine guns break into the illegal gambling house.

An officer with Kedr-B is seen at the background.

An officer with Kedr-B escorts an arrestee.

Uzi

One of the guards on the gang villa in Brazil is armed with an Uzi. An Uzi (very likely the same prop reused) is seen among the weapons that Joanna found on the Stella di Mare yacht.

IMI Uzi with stock removed - 9x19mm

A guard at the left carries an Uzi.

An Uzi in the box on the yacht.

Sa vz. 25

Sa vz. 25 submachine guns are seen in hands of French police during the operation in the gang lair in Chaumont-sur-Loire castle.

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Sa vz. 25 - 9x19mm

A police officer with Sa.25 SMG. Note the shape of the magazine that allows to differ the 9mm Sa.25 from the 7.62mm Sa.26.

A police officer is gunned down and drops his gun.

Police officers with Sa.25 SMGs near the helicopter.

A wounded police officer (stunt coordinator Oleg Korytin) with Sa.25.

Unidentified submachine gun

An unidentified SMG is seen in hands of an officer of Danish police special unit during the raid on the illegal gambling house. As the personnel of the 1st Special Purpose Unit of the Internal Forces "Vityaz" with their service firearms appear in this scene, the submachine gun may be one of the Russian models of 1990s, but it is seen too briefly.

Assault Rifles

M16A2

Several M16A2 assault rifle is seen in several scenes, used by various gang members. Two guns are seen simultaniously, and most likely only these two are reused. One of these M16s has a white, maybe stainless receiver. In the firing scenes, it is replaced with visually modified StG 44.

Colt M16A2 - 5.56x45mm

M16/SP1

When a gang is searching for treasure in the Cordillera, "Lame" (Evgeniy Voskresenskiy) holds an M16/SP1 with A2 style handguards and a white, maybe stainless receiver.

M16 (or Colt AR-15 SP1) with A2 style handguards used to resemble the M16A2 - 5.56x45mm

Sturmgewehr 44 (visually modified to resemble M16)

Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, visually modified with the addition of a carrying handle, a modified front sight and shorter magazines to resemble either the M16 or the AR-10 rifle, are used by the gang, notably by "Ponytail" (Aleksey Buldakov) and "Lame" (Evgeniy Voskresenskiy). These Sturmgewehrs replace the M16s in firing scenes.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm

Sturmgewehr 44, visually modified to resemble M16 - 7.62x39 blank

"Ponytail" carries a fake M16 when he watches from the helicopter.

"Lame" holds a fake M16 during the attack on Suzuki's gang base. In this scene his weapon constantly switches between visually modified StG 44 and PK machine gun due to continuty errors.

"Lame" fires from the minivan.

A henchman mows down Suzuki's ninjas.

Two henchmen fire their guns.

Another view of the fake M16.

"Lame" carries the fake M16 after the raid.

Rifles

Air Rifle

An air rifle of unclear model is used by the thug (Sergey Stepanchenko) in Warsaw.

"Lame" orders the thug to shoot a tranquilizer dart at Joanna when she would appear in the window.

The thug aims, using "Lame"'s shoulder as the gun support.

The stock with pistol grip is seen.

Shotguns

Double Barreled Shotgun

When a gang is searching for treasure in the Cordillera, "Bearded" (Vladimir Episkoposyan) carries two Double Barreled Shotguns.

"Bearded" carries a shotsun on his back and holds another one in hands.

The shotgun on "Bearded"'s back is seen.

The barrels of the shotgun are seen.

Machine Guns

PK

"Lame" (Evgeniy Voskresenskiy) holds a PK in several scenes. The thug (Sergey Stepanchenko) takes the PK from "Lame" during the attempt to escape from French police.