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{{Infobox Movie
|name = An Unforgettable Summer<br>(O vara de neuitat)
|picture =O vara de neuitat French Poster.jpg
|caption = ''French theatrical release poster''
|country =[[File:ROM.jpg|25px]] Romania<br>[[File:FRA.jpg|25px]] France
|director = Lucian Pintilie
|date=1994
|language =Romanian
|studio= MK2 Productions<br>La Sept Cinema
|distributor=MK2
|character1=Marie-Thérèse Von Debretsy
|actor1=[[Kristin Scott Thomas]]
|character2=Capt. Petre Dumitriu
|actor2=[[Claudiu Bleont]]
|character3=Mme. Vorvoreanu
|actor3=Olga Tudorache
|character4=Gen. Tchilibia
|actor4=[[George Constantin]]
|character5=Gen. Ipsilanti
|actor5=[[Marcel Iures]]
|character6=Serban Lescari
|actor6=Ion Pavlescu
|character7=Lt. Turtureanu
|actor7=[[Razvan Vasilescu]]
}}

'''''An Unforgettable Summer''''' (Romanian title ''O vara de neuitat'', French title ''Un été inoubliable'') is a 1994 Romanian-French drama directed by Lucian Pintilie and based on a novel by Petru Dumitriu. The plot is set in 1925 in Romania. Marie-Therese Von Debretsy ([[Kristin Scott Thomas]]), the  Hungarian-born aristocrat married to Capt. Petre Dumitriu ([[Claudiu Bleont]]), refuses the advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a result, Capt. Dumitriu is transferred in an outpost in Southern Dobruja, the border area mostly populated with Bulgarians and Macedonians who constantly arise against Romanian administration. 

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= Handguns =
== Nagant M1895 ==
Capt. Petre Dumitriu's ([[Claudiu Bleont]]) sidearm is a [[Nagant M1895]] revolver. While Nagants were not a standard service handgun of the Romanian Army, a large number of these revolvers was obtained from the dissolving Russian Army in 1917. Lt. Turtureanu ([[Razvan Vasilescu]]) carries a revolver holster, same as Capt. Dumitriu's one, and grip of his gun can be seen.
[[Image:Nagant-1895.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.]]
[[File:OVDN-Revolver-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Turtureanu carries a revolver in holster. The grip with lanyard ring is seen.]]
[[File:OVDN-Nagant-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Capt. Dumitriu carries the revolver holster.]]
[[File:OVDN-Nagant-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Insulted by his superiors, humiliated Dumitriu intends to shoot himself.]]
[[File:OVDN-Nagant-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:OVDN-Nagant-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of the same scene.]]

== SPSh Flare Pistol ==
During the operation against Macedonian ''Komitadji'' (guerrilla), Capt. Dumitriu holds a flare pistol. It is seen only partially but still may be identified as an [[SPSh Flare Pistol]].
[[File:SPSh pistol used.jpg|thumb|none|300px|SPSh Flare Pistol - 26.5 mm]]
[[File:OVDN-Flare-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:OVDN-Flare-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Capt. Dumitriu holds the flare pistol.]]

= Rifles =
== Vz.24 Czech Mauser ==
Romanian soldiers are armed with [[Vz.24 Czech Mauser]] rifles (Romanian contract version known as vz. 24s). In reality this rifles were adopted by Romanian military only in 1938 while in 1925 the service rifle was the Mannlicher M1893, as well as a number of former [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|German]], [[Mannlicher M1895|Austro-Hungarian]] and [[Mosin Nagant M1891|Russian]] rifles.
[[Image:Czech vz. 24.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Romanian contract vz. 24s differs in details.]]
[[File:OVDN-Mauser24-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soldiers with rifles on march.]]
[[File:OVDN-Mauser24-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier at the left holds a Vz.24 rifle during the hunt for ''Komitadji'' in a swampy area.]]
[[File:OVDN-Mauser24-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of same soldier's rifle. The straight bolt handle is seen.]]
[[File:OVDN-Mauser24-4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A soldier, guarding arrested Bulgarian peasants, drives away the wife of the one of the arrestees.]]

== Karabiner 98k ==
Some Mauser rifles of the Romanian soldiers are [[Karabiner 98k]].
[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937.]]
[[File:OVDN-Kar98k-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soldiers with Karabiner 98k rifles. The handguards are shorter than on Vz.24 rifles.]]
[[File:OVDN-Kar98k-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A sentry carries a Karabiner 98k. This is a wartime version with simplified barrel bands.]]

= Machine Guns =
== Unidentified machine gun ==
When Capt. Dumitriu's unit leaves the outpost at night, a machine gun on a horse cart is seen. The general look of the gun resembles [[Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12|Schwarzlose]] but it's a very vague guess.
[[Image:Schwarz 07-12.jpeg|thumb|none|400px|Schwarzlose M.07/12 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher.]]
[[File:OVDN-MachineGun-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
[[File:OVDN-MachineGun-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The machine gun is seen. While it bears some resemblance with Schwarzlose, the barrel seems to be placed different.]]

= Trivia =
In one scene Lt. Turtureanu holds an incredibly anachronistic knife bayonet - a Romanian version of Soviet 6Kh4, adopted for [[PA md. 86]] assault rifle sixty years later than the movie plot is set.
[[File:OVDN-Bayonet-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lt. Turtureanu holds the knife bayonet, describing in detail the horrible death of Captain's predecessor in hands of the ''Komitadji''.]]

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