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| Uprising
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'DVD Cover
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| Country
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 United States
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| Directed by
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Jon Avnet
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| Release Date
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2001
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| Language
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English
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| Studio
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Avnet/Kerner Productions
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| Distributor
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National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Uprising is a 2001 television war drama directed by Jon Avnet that focuses on the events surrounding the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (16 April - 19 May 1943) during World War II. The television film, which stars Leelee Sobieski, Donald Sutherland and Jon Voight, premiered in the US on NBC in 2001.
The following weapons were used in the film Uprising:
Pistols
Walther PPK
Tosia Altman (LeeLee Sobieski) and numerous other fighters use Walther PPK pistols.
Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP
Tosia Altman (Leelee Sobieski) shoots at the SS man who walked in the door.
Kazik Rotem (
Stephen Moyer) disguised as a German officer aims his gun.
Frania Beatus (
Alexandra Holden) reloading pistols, one of which lies on the table.
Deworah Baron (
Mili Avital) fires at the Germans in the courtyard in front.
Zivia Lubetkin (
Sadie Frost) with a gun in her hand at the canal entrance.
Walther P38
Members of the underground movement carry also Walther P38 pistols.
Mordechai Anielewicz (
Hank Azaria) uses a captured Walther P38.
Marek Edelman (
John Ales) puts his gun on the window in front of him.
CZ 27
When Frania Beatus (Alexandra Holden) loads multiple pistols lying on a table, a CZ 27 is seen among them.
Vis wz. 35 Radom
Another of the guns lying on the table is what appears to be a Vis wz. 35.
Pistolet wz. 35 Vis - 9x19mm
Submachine guns
MP40
SS troops and some insurgents are armed with MP40 submachine guns.
SS troops marching through the streets of the Warsaw Ghetto with MP40s slung across their chests.
Mordechai Anielewicz (
Hank Azaria) fires on the Germans with a captured submachine gun.
Mordechai carries this weapon with him into the underground tunnels.
Mira Fruchnner (
Radha Mitchell) also acquires a German submachine gun.
An insurgent with a looted MP40 shoots at a crowd of SS men in the courtyard of the house.
PPSh-41
Partisans in the forest are equipped with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A partisan sitting on the right carries a PPSh-41 with drum magazine.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
SS men and also many insurgents carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A German military patrolman with a K98k rifle on his shoulder in the Warsaw Ghetto.
An SS man firing a rifle at a house occupied by insurgents.
Zivia Lubetkin (
Sadie Frost) opens fire from a window at German infantrymen below with a highly unorthodox firing stance.
Julian Wald (
Ben Crystal) with a rifle in his hands involved in street fighting.
Marek Edeleman (
John Ales) shoots at SS men in the courtyard of the house.
Mauser M1916
Some SS soldiers are also seen with 1916 Spanish Mauser rifles.
Fusil corto Modelo 1916 - 7x57mm Mauser
Steyr Mannlicher M1895
A Soviet border guard rider carries a Steyr M1930 Conversion Short Rifle, standing in for a Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine.
Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher
Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
Soviet border guards arrested Mordechai Anielewicz (
Hank Azaria).
Machine guns
MG42
German troops are armed with MG42 machine guns. Some end up captured and also used by insurgents.
MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A gunner firing the MG42 which is mounted on a German armored vehicle.
A machine gun is seen in the hands of an SS man during the attack.
A insurgent carries a captured machine gun on his shoulder.
Goryunov SG-43
In a surprise for the German command, several Goryunov SG-43 Machine Guns appear in the arsenal of the insurgents.
Goryunov SG-43 on 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mmR
A machine gunner under fire from German artillery.
Others
LPO-50 flamethrower
Stroop's soldiers utilize the anachronistic LPO-50 flamethrower (presumably standing in for more period-correct German flamethrowers like the Flammenwerfer 35 or Flammenwerfer 41) when cleaning the streets of the bombed-out ghetto.
7.5 cm Pak 40
Germans fire at rebel positions using direct fire from a 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
General-major Jurgen Stroop (Jon Voight) also utilizes 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3).
M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm
Tiger I
Germans also deploy a Tiger I against the insurgents. This particular tank appears to be the same one seen in the film Saving Private Ryan, making it in reality a mocked-up Soviet T-34 tank.
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