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| + | |name = The White Darkness (Bílá tma) | ||
| + | |picture = Bílá_tma-poster.jpg | ||
| + | |caption = ''Cinema poster'' | ||
| + | |country = [[File:Czech-republic-flag.jpg|25px]] Czechoslovakia | ||
| + | |director = František Cáp | ||
| + | |date= 1948 | ||
| + | |language = Czech | ||
| + | |studio=Československý státní film | ||
| + | |distributor= | ||
| + | |character1=Pavel Kafka | ||
| + | |actor1=[[Július Pántik]] | ||
| + | |character2=Katka | ||
| + | |actor2=[[Mária Prechovská]] | ||
| + | |character3=Sasha Dugin | ||
| + | |actor3=[[Boris Andreyev]] | ||
| + | |character4=Rozka Kafková | ||
| + | |actor4=[[Natasa Tanská]] | ||
| + | |character5=Laco Pánek | ||
| + | |actor5=[[Jozef Budský]] | ||
| + | |character6=Jan Holeša | ||
| + | |actor6=[[Ladislav H. Struna]] | ||
| + | |character7=Zika | ||
| + | |actor7=[[Rudolf Deyl]] | ||
| + | |character8='Strategist' | ||
| + | |actor8=[[František Dibarbora]] | ||
| + | |character9=German soldier | ||
| + | |actor9=[[Zdenek Hodr]] | ||
| + | |character10=German officer | ||
| + | |actor10=[[Radovan Lukavský]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
| − | '''Bílá tma''' (English: ''The White darkness'') is a Czech black-and-white war drama directed by František Cáp | + | '''''Bílá tma''''' (English: ''The White darkness'') is a 1948 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by František Cáp. This film was the first to artistically depict the Slovak National Uprising of 1944. A young doctor, Pavel Kafka, ([[Július Pántik]]) and nurse Katka ([[Mária Prechovská]]) shelter with a group of wounded partisans in an underground hideout until they are liberated by the Soviet Army. The theme of promoting friendship with the Red Army (and thus the USSR) permeates the entire film. For example, the story instills in the viewer the feeling that the Russian partisan Dugin ([[Boris Andreyev]]), pictured as a handsome, kind-hearted Russian guy, never has a moral crisis and is always at the right time at the right place. |
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| − | =Submachine | + | =Submachine Guns= |
| + | == MP40 == | ||
| + | Doctor Pavel Kafka ([[Július Pántik]]), Nikolaj Grigorjevič Nazarov ([[Martin Tapák]]) and also most German soldiers are seen in film with an [[MP40]] submachine gun. | ||
| + | [[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Partisan-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nikolaj G. Nazarov ([[Martin Tapák]]) (in middle) is armed with a German [[MP40]]. Sasha Dugin ([[Boris Andreyev]]) (right) carries a [[PPSh-41]] with drum magazine.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:J%C3%BAlius_P%C3%A1ntik-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Doctor Pavel Kafka ([[Július Pántik]]) (in middle) with a captured SMG over his shoulder.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Zdenek_Hodr-MP40.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A German ''Gebirgsjaeger'' ([[Zdenek Hodr]]) is equipped with an [[MP40]].]] | ||
== PPSh-41 == | == PPSh-41 == | ||
| − | + | The partisans in the film are mostly armed with Soviet [[PPSh-41]] submachine guns. They are seen with both 35 round stick magazines and 71 round drum magazines. | |
| − | [[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none| | + | [[Image:PPSh-41 Box Right.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] |
| − | [[Image:Patizan-PPSh-41-Bílá_tma.jpg|thumb|none|500px| | + | [[Image:PPSH-01-SMG.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev]] |
| − | [[Image:Ladislav_H._Struna-PPSh-41.jpg |thumb|none|500px| | + | [[Image:Patizan-PPSh-41-Bílá_tma.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Laco Pánek ([[Jozef Budský]]) using a [[PPSh-41]] with a stick magazine.]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Ladislav_H._Struna-PPSh-41.jpg |thumb|none|500px|Jan Holeša ([[Ladislav H. Struna]]) holds the same type of SMG.]] |
| − | [[Image:Rudolf_Deyl-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px| | + | [[Image:N Tanská-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Rozka Kafková ([[Natasa Tanská]]) retrieves a [[PPSh-41]] to defend her patients.]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:Mária_Prechovská-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Nurse Katka ([[Mária Prechovská]]) is seen in a firefight with this SMG.]] |
| + | [[Image:Rudolf_Deyl-PPSh-41.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisan Zika ([[Rudolf Deyl]]) also carries a [[PPSh-41]] with a drum magazine.]] | ||
| + | [[Image:F Dibarbora-PPSh-41-WD.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Partisan 'Strategist' ([[František Dibarbora]]) (left) aims his SMG.]] | ||
| − | === | + | =Rifles= |
| − | German | + | == Sturmgewehr 44 == |
| − | [[Image: | + | Some German soldiers are armed with [[Sturmgewehr 44]] assault rifles. |
| − | [[Image:Germans- | + | [[Image:Sturmgewehr_44.jpg |thumb|none|450px|Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.]] |
| − | + | [[Image:Germans-sturmgewehr-Bílá_tma.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Multiple German soldiers armed with StG-44s advance.]] | |
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| − | === | + | =Hand Grenades= |
| + | == Model 24 Stielhandgranate == | ||
| + | The partisans use captured German [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]]s and [[Model 39 Eihandgranate]]s. | ||
| + | [[Image:24-43_grenade.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Model 24 Stielhandgranate]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Boris_Andreyev-Model24_hg.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Sasha Dugin ([[Boris Andreyev]]) pulls a [[Model 24 Stielhandgranate]] from his.]] | ||
| − | + | == Model 39 Eihandgranate == | |
| − | + | [[Image:M39_Eihandgranate.JPG|thumb|none|150px|The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade]] | |
| − | + | [[Image:Partizan-F1_hg-Bílá_tma.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Partisan 'Demo' ([[Gustáv Valach]]) prepares to throw a grenade, most likely an [[Model 39 Eihandgranate]].]] | |
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| − | [[Image:Partizan-F1_hg-Bílá_tma.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Partisan | ||
| + | == VZ 34 hand grenade == | ||
| + | Partisans are seen also with [[VZ 34 hand grenade]]s. | ||
| + | [[Image:Hg vz 34.jpg|thumb|none|200px|none|HG 34 offensive hand grenade]] | ||
| + | [[Image:M Prechovská-F-1hg.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Nurse Katka ([[Mária Prechovská]]) gives a [[VZ 34 hand grenade]] into hand of injure partisan Adam (Jozef Sándor).]] | ||
| + | [[Image:N Tanská-hg.jpg|thumb|none|500px|none|Partisan Jano (Julius Bartfay) throw a [[VZ 34 hand grenade]] at German soldiers.]] | ||
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Bílá tma (English: The White darkness) is a 1948 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by František Cáp. This film was the first to artistically depict the Slovak National Uprising of 1944. A young doctor, Pavel Kafka, (Július Pántik) and nurse Katka (Mária Prechovská) shelter with a group of wounded partisans in an underground hideout until they are liberated by the Soviet Army. The theme of promoting friendship with the Red Army (and thus the USSR) permeates the entire film. For example, the story instills in the viewer the feeling that the Russian partisan Dugin (Boris Andreyev), pictured as a handsome, kind-hearted Russian guy, never has a moral crisis and is always at the right time at the right place.
The following guns were used in the 1948 Czechoslovak film The White Darkness (Bílá tma):
Submachine Guns
MP40
Doctor Pavel Kafka (Július Pántik), Nikolaj Grigorjevič Nazarov (Martin Tapák) and also most German soldiers are seen in film with an MP40 submachine gun.
Nikolaj G. Nazarov (Martin Tapák) (in middle) is armed with a German MP40. Sasha Dugin (Boris Andreyev) (right) carries a PPSh-41 with drum magazine.
File:Július Pántik-MP40.jpg
Doctor Pavel Kafka (Július Pántik) (in middle) with a captured SMG over his shoulder.
PPSh-41
The partisans in the film are mostly armed with Soviet PPSh-41 submachine guns. They are seen with both 35 round stick magazines and 71 round drum magazines.
File:Patizan-PPSh-41-Bílá tma.jpg
Laco Pánek (Jozef Budský) using a PPSh-41 with a stick magazine.
Jan Holeša (Ladislav H. Struna) holds the same type of SMG.
File:N Tanská-PPSh-41.jpg
Rozka Kafková (Natasa Tanská) retrieves a PPSh-41 to defend her patients.
File:Mária Prechovská-PPSh-41.jpg
Nurse Katka (Mária Prechovská) is seen in a firefight with this SMG.
Partisan 'Strategist' (František Dibarbora) (left) aims his SMG.
Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
Some German soldiers are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles.
File:Germans-sturmgewehr-Bílá tma.jpg
Multiple German soldiers armed with StG-44s advance.
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
The partisans use captured German Model 24 Stielhandgranates and Model 39 Eihandgranates.
Model 39 Eihandgranate
File:Partizan-F1 hg-Bílá tma.jpg
Partisan 'Demo' (Gustáv Valach) prepares to throw a grenade, most likely an Model 39 Eihandgranate.
VZ 34 hand grenade
Partisans are seen also with VZ 34 hand grenades.
File:M Prechovská-F-1hg.jpg
Nurse Katka (Mária Prechovská) gives a VZ 34 hand grenade into hand of injure partisan Adam (Jozef Sándor).
File:N Tanská-hg.jpg
Partisan Jano (Julius Bartfay) throw a VZ 34 hand grenade at German soldiers.