The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye)
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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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Aleksandr Stolper
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Release Date
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1964
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Language
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Russian
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Studio
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Mosfilm
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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. Pre-1947 version.
Nagant M1895
Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo).
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Lieutenant of Tank Forces holds his
PPSh-41 submachine gun
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
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
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
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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 riflemen carry their
PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle
Another anti-tank riflemen with the PTRS-41 AT rifle
PTRD-41
PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle 14.5x114mm
Russian anti-tank riflemen carry their
PTRD-41 AT rifle
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Other
45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)
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