The Hijacking of Savoy
(Pokhishchenie Savoi)

DVD cover

Country	USSR Poland Bulgaria
Directed by	Venyamin Dorman
Release Date	1979
Language	Russian
Studio	Maksim Gorki Studio Boyana Film Zespol Filmowy

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Tanya Sokolova	Dariya Mikhaylova
Janek Borowski	Wlodzimierz Golacinski
Jean Challot	Leonid Bronevoy
Prof. Stanislaw Werzanski	Antoni Jurasz
Gido 'Swede' Torstensen	Aleksandr Mikhajlov
Valentina Sokolova	Olga Ostroumova
Borde	Luchezar Stoyanov
Magnus	Mikhail Zhigalov
Heinrich Scharf	Mikhail Gluzsky
Max Abendrot	Algimantas Masiulis

The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi) (Russian Title: Похищение Савойи) is a 1979 adventure movie directed by Venyamin Dorman and based on a novel Flight 627 (Polish Title: Lot 627) by Andrzej Szczypiorski. The film tells about the adventures of the Polish schoolboy Janek and his Russian fellow traveler girl Tanya. The airplane on which they were traveling was captured by a gang of drug dealers. This gang led by former Nazi criminals.

The following weapons were used in the film The Hijacking of Savoy (Pokhishchenie Savoi):

Pistols

M1911A1 pistol

World War II issued Colt M1911A1 Pistol - .45 ACP

Borde (Luchezar Stoyanov) fires his M1911A1

Magnus (Mikhail Zhigalov) aims his M1911A1 at pilot of Savoi (Georgiy Martirosyan)

Luger P08

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Jean Challot (Leonid Bronevoy) aims the Luger P08 at Heinrich Scharf (Mikhail Gluzsky). The filmmakers used either a replica (which were available world wide at the time) or had the barrel of a real Luger blocked.

Max Abendrot (Algimantas Masiulis) holds his Luger P08. Note the obviously blocked barrel, indicating that it is a replica P-08.

Same episode.

Shotguns

Double Barreled Shotgun

Gido Torstensen (Aleksandr Mikhajlov) holds double barreled shotgun

Submachine Guns

Sten Mk II

Sten Mk II (Canadian) Submachine gun - 9x19mm

Contrabandist fires the Sten Mk II at Police officers

Same episode

M1928A1 Thompson

M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45 ACP

M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges

Gido Torstensen holds captured M1928A1 Thompson. Note this Thompson uses magazine from MP40. Russian filmmakers had problems with .45 ACP blanks cartridges.