Liberation: The Battle of Berlin

Liberation: The Battle of Berlin Osvobozhdenie: Bitva za Berlin DVD cover Country USSR East Germany Poland Italy Directed by Yuri Ozerov Release Date 1971 Language Russian German Poland Studio Mosfilm Deutsche Film (DEFA) PRF-ZF Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica S.P.A. Distributor Columbia Pictures Main Cast Character Actor Marshall Georgy Zhukov Mikhail Ulyanov Josef Stalin Bukhuti Zaqariadze Adolf Hitler Fritz Diez Sgt. Dorozhkin Valeri Nosik Sgt. Pelka Franciszek Pieczka

Liberation: The Battle of Berlin(Russian Title: Osvobozhdenie: Bitva za Berlin/Освобождение: Битва за Берлин) is a 1971 Russian/East German/Polish/Italian World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. It's a fourth part of five-part film series.

Liberation is the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union.

The following weapons were used in the film Liberation: The Battle of Berlin:

Handguns

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of Russian officers

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

Sgt. Dorozhkin aims his TT at civilian. The shape of the cocking serrations is typical for pre-1947 version of TT.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Sgt. Pelka holds the PPSh-41 submachine gun

PPS-43

PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Polish soldier fires the PPS-43 submachine gun

MP40

German troops widely use MP40 submachine guns in this movie. Some Russian soldiers also use captured MP40s

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Sgt. Dorozhkin armed with the MP40

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Soviet soldier holds captured Karabiner 98k

Machine Guns

Browning M1919

Browning M1919A4 on an M2 tripod - .30-06 Springfield.

Browning M1919 machine gun can be seen in documentary footage

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R

Polish soldiers carry the Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun

Hand Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Polish soldiers carry Model 24 Stielhandgranates at their belts

F-1 Hand Grenade

F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade

Sgt. Ryazhentzev (Mikhail Gluzsky) carries F-1 hand grenade at his belt

Other

122 mm Howitzer M1938 (M-30)

Vehicles

BTR-152

Soviet BTR-152 armored personnel carrier. It is anachronistic, as the BTR-152 entered service in 1950

T-34-85

SU-100

StuG III

IS-3 (Iosif Stalin) heavy tank

Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger

German PzKpfw VI Tiger heavy tank converted from Soviet T-44 tank

See Also

• Liberation: The Fire Bulge
• Liberation: Breakthrough
• Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow
• Liberation: The Last Assault