Liberation: The Last Assault Osvobozhdenie: Posledniy Shturm
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DVD cover
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Country
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USSR East Germany
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Directed by
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Yuri Ozerov
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Release Date
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1971
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Language
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Russian German
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Studio
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Mosfilm Deutsche Film (DEFA)
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Distributor
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Columbia Pictures
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Main Cast
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Character
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Actor
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Marshall Georgy Zhukov
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Mikhail Ulyanov
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Maj. Tzvetaev
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Nikolay Olyalin
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Adolf Hitler
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Fritz Diez
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Joseph Goebbels
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Horst Giese
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Eva Braun
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Angelika Waller
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Liberation: The Last Assault(Russian Title: Osvobozhdenie: Posledniy Shturm/Освобождение: Последний штурм) is a 1971 Russian/East German World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. It's a fifth part of five-part film series. The Last Assault focusing on the last days of the assault of Berlin.
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
Maj. Tzvetaev fires his TT
Walther PP
Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.
Adolf Hitler tries to shoot himself with his
Walther PP.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Soviet officer fires the
PPSh-41 submachine gun
PPS-43
PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Capt. Vasiliev holds his
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
German soldiers trying to get out of the flooded underground Berlin U-Bahn tunnel
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
A lot of Russian soldiers can be see armed with the full-length Mosin Nagant rifles and Mosin Nagant M38 carbines. Unfortunately this weapon can be seen mostly on background or in fast movement. So it's a trouble to get a good screenshot
Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers and Russian soldiers widely use Karabiner 98k rifles
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
Russian solders widely use Degtyaryov DP-27 machine guns. German soldiers also use this machine gun (Episode in Berlin U-Bahn tunnel)
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
MG34 Machine Gun
MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down.
The fight inside the Reichstag.
MG34 machine gun on a gallery
Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun
Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R
DShK Heavy Machine Gun
DShKM on tripod - 12.7x108mm.
The
DShK machine gun is mounted on ISU-152 SPG
Hand Grenades
F-1 Hand Grenade
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
RPG-43 Anti-tank Grenade
Soviet RPG-43 anti-tank grenade
Soviet soldier holds the RPG-43 anti-tank grenade
Grenade Launchers
Panzerfaust
The Volkssturm (German national militia of the last months of World War II), German soldiers and Russian soldiers widely use the Panzerfaust antitank grenade launchers during assault of Berlin.
Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead
Volkssturm fire the Panzerfaust grenade launcher at T-34-85 medium tank
Soviet soldier carries two Panzerfaust grenade launchers
Other
76 mm Divisional Gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm
Soviet gunners down the ZiS-3 gun in a Berlin U-Bahn
Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger
German PzKpfw VI Tiger heavy tank converted from Soviet T-44 tank
See Also