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Déjà Vu (1988)
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Déjà Vu (original Polish title Deja vu, Russian title Dezha vyu) is a 1988 Polish-Soviet criminal comedy directed by Juliusz Machulski. The plot takes place in 1925. One of Chicago mobsters Mick Nitsch (who is Russian-born Mikita Nechyporuk) (Vladimir Golovin) flees to Soviet Russia to escape the revenge of other mobsters. Mob leaders send their best hitman Johnny Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr) to the city of Odessa.
The following weapons were used in the film Déjà Vu (1988):
Handguns
Nagant M1895
When Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr) runs out of weapons, he disarms an actor in role of Tzarist Army officer (Oleg Fedulov) on filming of Battleship Potemkin, taking his Nagant M1895 revolver. Nagant revolvers are also seen during the shootout in Nechyporuk's illegal casino. The revolver is of anachronistic post-1930 version.
1910 Mauser Pocket Pistol
Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr) use Mauser Model 1910 pocket pistol as a backup weapon.
Unknown pistols
Several mobsters in the Chicago shootout sequence are armed with semi auto pistols that are seen only in distance and cannot be identified.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41 (Mocked-Up as M1921AC Thompson)
Police and mobsters in the Chicago shootout sequence use M1921AC Thompson submachine guns. Actually, they are modified PPSh-41 submachine guns, equipped with barrels with fake cooling fins and Cutts compensators, and characteristic Thompson-style furniture. Despite the high similarity, they can still be distinguished by the distance between the magazine and trigger group. This scenes were filmed in Poland; the "classic" gangsters' "Tommy-Gun" is couldn't find, and the Soviet PPSh had to be mocked-up for it.
M1928A1 Thompson
A M1928A1 Thompson SMG is used by Nechyporuk (Vladimir Golovin), Mishka Yaponchik (Nikolai Karachentsov) and later Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr). This is the same weapon which several times passed from hands to hands. According to moviemakers, the screen gun was able to semi-auto fire only, and actors only mimicked firing while the sound of full auto fire was added, and muzzle flashes imitated by pyrotechnics.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M891/30
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles with bayonets are seen in several scenes, notably on the shooting range, where Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr) shows a real marksmanship, and during the filming of Battleship Polemkin.
Mosin Nagant "obrez"
A Mosin Nagant "obrez" is the weapon of Nechyporuk's henchman Shpan (Vladimir Nosyrev).
Machine Guns
Maxim M1910
A Maxim M1910 is seen in Nechyporuk's hideout.
Other Weapons
Percussion Cap Musket
During the performing of Tosca in Chicago Opera, soldiers, escorting Mario Cavaradossi to the execution, carry percussion cap muskets. The guns are most likely modern non firing replicas, but it's hard to identify the base weapon.
Pollack's "Umbrella Gun"
Pollack (Jerzy Stuhr) used the custom gun disguised as an umbrella.
Shotgun in Case
In one scene an Armenian family Polakyans erroneously take Pollack for their long-lost relative. In the scene in train Aram Polakyan (Murad Janibekyan), who is chosen to escort drunk Pollack, carries a case for disassembled shotgun and a bandolier with shotgun shells.