At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích)

Tenkrát o vánocích DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Karel Kachyna Release Date 1958 Language Czech German Slovak Russian Studio Filmové studio Barrandov Main Cast Character Actor Capt. Hloušek Otomar Korbelár Vondrácek Rudolf Deyl 2nd Lt. Jílek Petr Hanicinec 1st Lt. Vána Frantisek Hanus Karlícek Jirí Sovák Vítek Jirí Vala Benko Otto Lackovic Lojza Vladimír Mensík Jirka Antonín Sura Major Stepanov Frantisek Vnoucek

At That Time, at Christmas... (Original: Tenkrát o vánocích) is a 1958 Czech black-and-white war movie directed by Karel Kachyna. The last Christmas of WWII is a battalion of Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) in the mountain village in the Slovak Republic. Everything looks like an idyll, but the Germans are preparing for Christmas Eve surprise attack.

The following guns were used in the film At That Time, at Christmas... (Tenkrát o vánocích):

Tokarev TT-33

Captain Hloušek (Otomar Korbelár) and other officers carry a Tokarev TT-33 pistol.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

PPSh-41

Basic weapons of the Czechoslovak troops in the USSR was PPSh-41 submachine guns.

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine

A lot of Czechoslovak soldiers at the end of the war were armed with Mosin Nagant M44 Carbines.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

Karabiner 98k

Most German troops use the standard Karabiner 98k rifles. Some are captured by the insurgents.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm

Sturmgewehr 44

Some German troops are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle.

Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm.

Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun

Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

MG42

German soldiers fire an MG42 at attacking troops.

MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser

Unidentified flare gun

1st Lt. Vána (Frantisek Hanus) used an unidentified flare gun.

PTRD-41

Czechoslovak soldiers qre equipped with Soviet PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle.

PTRD-41 Anti-tank rifle - 14.5x114mm

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Panzerfaust

On the platform in a concentration camp lay a Panzerfaust.

Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Unidentified German panzer

Around a Czechoslovak military laundry droved Soviet T-34 tanks.