At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga)

At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) Film poster Country Soviet Union Directed by Vasili Ordynsky Release Date 1964 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Main Cast Character Actor Mother Nadezhda Fedosova Lisa Liliya Dsyuba Prokhorenko Boris Yurchenko Perekalin Yuri Gorobets Bersenyev Roman Khomyatov Lieutenant Stanislav Sokolov Leonid Chernyshov Valeri Pogoreltsev

At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) (Russian Title: У твоего порога) is a 1964 Soviet World War II drama directed by Vasili Ordynsky. Late Fall 1941, anti-aircraft gun crew took up defensive positions at the fork in the road on the outskirts of Lobnya (a small town near the Moscow). Their task is to prevent the breakthrough of German tanks.

The following weapons are featured in the film At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga):

Pistol

Tokarev TT-33

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Russian lieutenant (Stanislav Sokolov) holds his Tokarev TT-33

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Russian soldier holds the PPSh-41

Leonid Chernyshov (Valeri Pogoreltsev) fires PPSh-41 at German aircraft

MP38

The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940

German tank crew member holds his MP38 submachine gun

German tank crew member fires his MP38

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

Russian soldier armed with the full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle rifle

Russian soldiers carry full-length Mosin Nagant with attached bayonets

Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

Russian anti-aircraft gunners armed with Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

German soldiers armed with the Karabiner 98k

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

Russian soldier holds Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun

DP-27 machine gun mounted on a motorcycle

Maxim M1910/30

Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R

Moscow militiamen carry Maxim machine guns

ZB-53

ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank fires ZB-53 / Vz.37 machine gun mounted in gun turret

Another shot of the same episode

MG-34 Machine Gun

MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Pz.Kpfw.IV German medium tank fires MG34 mounted in gun turret. Note flash painted on incorrectly side

KPV heavy machine gun

KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm

KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount can be seen in a Moscow train station. This is an anachronism. KPV heavy machine gun entered service after World War II

Dual KPV heavy machine gun mount can be seen on a railroad car

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic cannon can be seen mounted on the roof of a building in Moscow

Hand Grenades

RGD-33 Stick Grenade

RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade

The RGD-33 Stick Grenades joined together to increase their destructive capacity

Russian soldier holds the RGD-33 Stick Grenades

Other

45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)

45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) can be seen in footage from 1949 film The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II.

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

The 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3).

M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

Russian GAZ-63 truck (actually entered service in 1948) tows the ZiS-3 gun

85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)

85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) - 85×629mm R

85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) was prepared for direct fire and camouflaged with a hay

T-34-76

Soviet T-34-76 medium tanks can be seen in documentary footage

T-34-85

Soviet T-34-85 medium tank attacks Nazi troops. This is an anachronism. T-34-85 entered service in 1944

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tank

The real German tanks used in this movie. But for example this one is an anachronism. Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tanks entered service only in spring of 1942.

Pz.Kpfw.IV firing

Pz.Kpfw.III

Pz.Kpfw.III German medium tank seen through the eyepiece of binoculars

Elefant heavy tank destroyer

Elefant heavy tank destroyer can be seen on the battlefield. This is an anachronism. Elefant entered service in spring of 1943