Sign of Disaster
(Znak bedy)
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DVD Cover
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| Country
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 USSR
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| Directed by
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Mikhail Ptashuk
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| Release Date
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1987
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| Language
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Russian
German
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| Studio
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Belarusfilm
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| Main Cast
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| Character
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Actor
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| Stepanida Bogatka
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Nina Ruslanova
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| Petrok Bogatka
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Gennadiy Garbuk
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| Guzh
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Vladimir Ilyin (II)
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| Potap Kolondyonok
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Yevgeny Platokhin
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| Antos Nedoseka
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Aleksey Zaytsev
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| Novik
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Vladimir Gostyukhin
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| Kornila
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Vladimir Kuleshov
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| German Feldwebel
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Kaspars Puce
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Sign of Disaster (Znak bedy; also released in English as Ill Omen) is a 1987 (filmed 1986) Soviet two-part made for TV war drama based on the same title novel by Vasil Bykov and directed by Mikhail Ptashuk. The plot depicts the tragedy of middle-aged peasant couple Petrok (Gennadiy Garbuk) and Stepanida (Nina Ruslanova) in Nazi-occupied Belorussia.
The following weapons were used in the film Sign of Disaster (Znak bedy):
Handguns
Nagant M1895
An unnamed Hilfspolizei (Leonid Yanovsky) holds a Nagant M1895 revolver when he threatens Petrok. In a flashback scene, set in late 1920s, the village Militsioner Vasiliy Goncharik (Aleksandr Timoshkin) carries a Nagant.
Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
The Nagant is seen in Goncharik's dead hand.
The
Hilfspolizei aims his Nagant at Petrok. He also carries a
Karabiner 98k rifle on sling.
Another view of the same scene.
Luger P08
German Hauptmann (Capt.) (Aleksey Maslov) and Feldwebel (NCO) (Kaspars Puce) carry Luger P08 pistols.
The
Feldwebel carries the Luger holster.
The
Hauptmann cocks his Luger.
The
Feldwebel holds his pistol.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers and Hilfspolizei, including Guzh (Vladimir Ilyin (II)), Potap Kolondyonok (Yevgeny Platokhin), and Antos Nedoseka (Aleksey Zaytsev), carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937.
Two rifles of German soldiers lean against the hedge. The one at the right has the late version of the top barrel band.
German cook Karl (Arvo Kukumägi) carelessly leaves his rifle standing in the yard at night. The rifle has the late version of the top barrel band.
Stepanida steals Karl's rifle and throws it into the well. Due to a continuity error, the rifle switches to an early version of Kar 98k.
A sentry carries the Kar 98k rifle with bayonet.
Kolondyonok carries his rifle when he is dragging the body of a murdered shepherd boy.
Nedoseka carries his rifle.
Kolondyonok carries his rifle when the
Hilfspolizei arrest Petrok.
Guzh carries his rifle in the same scene.
Mosin Nagant "obrez"
In a flashback scene, set in late 1920s, Guzh (Vladimir Ilyin (II)) carries a Mosin Nagant "obrez" sawed-off rifle.
Guzh threatens Stepanida. The position of the crossbolt allows to guess that the base rifle is an
M91/30 rather than an M91.
Guzh puts the "obrez" back in his bosom.
Trivia
In the final scene Stepanida gets and hides an unexploded aerial bomb. This is a Soviet post-war OFAB-100-120, identified by the ring tail fin and the blunt nose. The marking "W-25L" on the body is probably intended to make it look like a German bomb.
Stepanida rolls the bomb to the prepared pit.
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