The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye)

The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) (1964). DVD cover

The Living and the Dead (Russian Title: Zhivye i Myortvye / Живые и мёртвые) is a 1964 World War II drama directed by Aleksandr Stolper and based on a novel by Konstantin Simonov. The early days of the German invasion in the Soviet Union. Soviet troops have suffered one defeat after another. The Red Army retreats to Moscow. Military correspondent Ivan Sintsov (Kirill Lavrov) is a witness to these tragic events.

The following weapons are featured in the film The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye):

Handguns

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

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Seriously wounded Lieutenant General Kozyrev (Vladimir Marenkov) fires his Tokarev TT-33 at Russian soldiers. By mistake he confused them with the Germans

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Out of ammo

Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).

Surgeon Tatiana Ovsyannikova (Lyudmila Krylova) holds her Nagant M1895 revolver

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Lieutenant of Tank Forces holds his PPSh-41 submachine gun

Ivan Sintsov with his PPSh-41

MP40

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Russian gunners armed with captured MP40 submachine guns

Russian soldiers firing a gun salute using MP40 submachine guns in honor of the Battle Friendship

Battalion Commissar Sergei Shmakov (Lev Lyubetskiy) holds captured MP40. Also can see the Soviet BT-7 light cavalry tank to the right.

Note the smooth magazine receiver. This is an early version of the MP40

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

Russian soldiers fire their full-length Mosin Nagant Rifles at German aircraft

Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Russian anti-tank riflemen armed with the Mosin Nagant M38 carbine

Shotguns

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

Some volunteers from the Moscow militia armed with double barreled shotguns

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Russian soldier carries the Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine gun

Red Army soldier fires his DP-27 at German aircraft

Red Army soldier fires the DP-27 at German troops

MG34 Machine Gun

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

Soviet artillery Petty Officer holds captured MG34 machine gun

A few lying on the ground. There are also DP-27 and Maxim M1910/30 machine guns

Maxim M1910/30

Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R

Red Army soldiers fire the Maxim machine gun at German aircraft

Russian soldiers are preparing to open fire the Maxim machine gun

Come here, come here you bastards!

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

The M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense guns can be seen to the left. To the right you can see 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) towed by Soviet AT-S Artillery Tractor. This is an anachronism. AT-S entered service in the middle of 1950s

Anti-tank rifles

PTRS-41

PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm

Russian anti-tank riflemens carry their PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle

Another anti-tank riflemens with the PTRS-41 AT rifle

PTRD-41

PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm

Russian anti-tank riflemens carry their PTRD-41 AT rifle

Hand Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

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

Russian soldier with the M24 Grenade at the belt

Other

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in)

Russian gunners and their 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tank

July 1941. Destroyed Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tank in a wheat field near the Mogilev (Byelorussian SSR). Actually long-barreled versions of the Pz.Kpfw.IV tanks entered service only in spring of 1942. Note the large number of shells hits. Maybe this tank was used as a target on the shooting range

T-34-85

Many T-34-85 used in this movie. Actually this tanks entered service only in 1944

The T-34-85 tank modified to resemble the Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tank

Tiger I tank

Destroyed German Tiger I tank can be seen during the Battle of Moscow. It is historically inaccurate. Tiger tanks entered service only in the end of summer 1942

Trivia

Original film poster