Chained Drivers
(Okovani šoferi)

Russian Cinema Poster

Country	Yugoslavia USSR
Directed by	Vladimir Pavlovich
Release Date	1975
Language	Serbo-Croatian Russian
Studio	Filmski Studio Titograd Mosfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Lyuba	Tatyana Sidorenko
Kosta	Veljko Mandic
Yershov	Aleksandr Arzhilovsky
Petro	Lev Durov
Ivan Kalenich	Gleb Strizhenov
Sergeyev	Anatoly Kuznetsov
Javor	Dusan Janicijevic
Solodov	Vladimir Vysotskiy
SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Holz	Vladislav Dvorzhetsky
Gordana	Irina Miroshnichenko

Chained Drivers (the approximate translation of original Yugoslavian title Okovani šoferi; Russian title is Edinstvennaya doroga (The Only Road)) is a 1975 Yugoslavian-Soviet war movie directed by Vladimir Pavlovich. The story takes place in April 1944 in Yugoslavian mountains. The German troops need to deliver fuel but the road is under attack of Tito's partisans. Then Germans use Soviet POWs as drivers of the fuel tank cars, chaining them to the steering wheels. Now the partisans have to stop the German columns and free the prisoners.

The following weapons are seen in the movie Chained Drivers:

Handungs

Luger P08

Luger P08s are seen in hands of German officers and partisans.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.

A German officer with P08.

A close view at SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Holz's (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) Luger.

Javor (Dusan Janicijevic) gives Lyuba (Tatyana Sidorenko) his pistol.

Holz holds a pistol when he brutally interrogates Gordana (Irina Miroshnichenko).

Gordana fires Holz's pistol in the final scene.

Submachine Guns

MP40

MP40 SMGs are widely used by both German soldiers and partisans.

MP40 - 9x19mm

A German soldier hits Solodov (Vladimir Vysotskiy) with his MP40.

German soldiers aims MG34 and MP40s at the partisans on the high mountain.

Kosta (Veljko Mandic) (at the right) with MP40.

A close view at Branka's (Svetlana Danilchenko) MP40.

Kosta with MG34 and Javor (Dusan Janicijevic) with MP40.

Srecko (Vladimir Popovic) fires his MP40 at German soldiers.

Walter Holz (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) with MP40 in the final scene.

German soldiers with an MG34, MP38s and MP40s in the final scene.

MP38

MP38s are also used by German soldiers and partisans.

MP38 - 9x19mm

A female partisan with MP38.

Waffen-SS officer Bonner (Boris Rudnev) fires his MP38 while his clothing is burning.

Yershov (Aleksandr Arzhilovsky) aims MP38 at disarmed German soldier.

Sergeyev (Anatoly Kuznetsov) with MP38.

German soldiers with an MG34, MP38s and MP40s in the final scene.

Rifles

Sniper Mosin Nagant M1891/30

A Mosin Nagant M1891/30 with sniper scope is a personal weapon of Lyuba (Tatyana Sidorenko).

Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope - 7.62x54mm R

Lyuba aims her sniper rifle.

Lyuba cleans her rifle. The maintenance of guns is rarely seen in movies, but here we can see the process of cleaning the barrel of Mosin Nagant rifle.

Lyuba with her rifle in the final scene.

A close view at the rifle and the PU sniper scope.

Machine Guns

MG34

MG34s are widely used by both German soldiers and partisans.

MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser

MG34 is mounted in the German car.

A partisan with MG34 in ambush.

German soldiers aims MG34 and MP40s at the partisans on the high mountain.

Feldwebel Ramke (Viktor Pavlov) fires the MG34.

A close view at Ramke's machine gun.

Yershov (Aleksandr Arzhilovsky) with MP38 and Kosta (Veljko Mandic) with MG34 in the final scene.

German soldiers with an MG34, MP38s and MP40s in the final scene.

Degtyaryov DT (visually modified)

A machine gun that is supposed to be visually modified Degtyaryov DT is used by Yugoslavian partisans in one scene. It is never seen firing.

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. DT could be dismounted from the tank or armored car and used with a bipod as a light machine gun.

A machine gun 1 resembles a Lewis Gun but due to the position of the bipod it is more likely a visually modified Degtyaryov DT. Such movie props are common in Russian films.