Dnieper Line: Love and War

Dnieper Line: Love and War Dnieprovski rubej DVD Cover Country Belarus Directed by Denis Skvortsov Release Date 2009 Language Russian Studio Belarusfilm Main Cast Character Actor Division Commander Alexei Zubov Igor Sigov Zoya Sintsova Kseniya Knyazeva Ivan Jigunov Anatoliy Kot Colonel Pyotr Shadrin Viktor Molchyan Anna Anna Gorshkova

Dnieper Line: Love and War (original title: Dnieprovski rubej - "Dnieper Line") is a 2009 Belarussian war movie directed by Denis Skvortsov. The story takes place in July 1941 during the Soviet defense of the town of Mogilev on the Dnieper River.

The following weapons were used in the film Dnieper Line: Love and War:

Handguns

Nagant M1895

The Nagant M1895 is used by many Soviet officers and NCOs.

Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38mmR

A Soviet officer holds his Nagant revolver.

Commissar Ivan Jigunov (Anatoliy Kot) fires his Nagant.

Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva) fires her Nagant with a rather anachronistic two-handed grip. Next to her, a medical orderly fires a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine.

A closer view of the Nagant revolver.

TT-33

Tokarev TT-33s are used by several Soviet officers.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

A German saboteur, dressed as a Soviet officer, fires his TT pistol.

Colonel Shadrin (Viktor Molchyan) fires his TT.

Major Katjushin (Ivan Pavlov) fires his TT during the battle for the Mogilev railroad station.

An NKVD officer (Evgeni Ivkovitch) loads his TT.

Mauser C96

A Mauser C96 is Division Commander Alexei Zubov's (Igor Sigov) preferred sidearm.

Mauser C96 - 7.63x25mm Mauser

The Mauser C96 in its signature wooden holster is seen on a table.

A wounded Zubov holds his Mauser.

Zubov with the Mauser in the final scene. Next to him is Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva) with a Nagant M1895.

Luger P08

A Luger P08 is briefly seen in the holster of German officer Paul Schmidt (Nikolai Kozak).

Luger P08 - 9x19mm Parabellum

Submachine Guns

PPD-40

A PPD-40 is the preferred weapon of Colonel Shadrin (Viktor Molchyan).

PPD-40 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Shadrin leads his soldiers with a PPD in hand.

Shadrin fires his PPD.

MP 38

MP 38s are used by German soldiers. Captured MP 38s are seen in the hands of Soviet soldiers.

MP 38 - 9x19mm Parabellum

A German soldier holds an MP 38 in the opening scene.

A German soldier holds an MP 38. In the background, other soldiers inspect the captured Soviet BT-7 tank.

A Soviet soldier fires a captured MP 38.

MP 40

MP 40s are used by German soldiers. Captured MP 40s are seen in the hands of Soviet soldiers.

MP 40 - 9x19mm Parabellum

German soldiers throw Model 24 Stielhandgranates at Soviet positions. An MP 40 is seen on the ground.

A German tank officer fires an MP 40 during the Soviet night counterattack.

A Soviet civil volunteer, Jernosek (Nikolai Kolozin), fires a captured MP 40 in the final scene.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1891/30

The Mosin Nagant M1891/30 is the main weapon of the Soviet soldiers.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR

A Soviet soldier with an M1891/30. Note the SSh-36 helmet worn by him.

A view at the barrel of an M1891/30. Note that the bayonet is attached backwards. This is an exclusively cinematic practice; in reality, such a practice was discouraged by service manuals.

A Soviet soldier with an M1891/30 rifle.

Soviet soldiers fire their rifles with attached bayonets at the German planes.

A Soviet soldier fires his rifle at the crewmen of a burning German tank.

Artillerymen carry M1891/30 rifles.

Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines are also seen in the hands of Soviet soldiers, mostly artillerymen.

Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

A medical orderly soldier fires an M38 carbine. Next to him Zoya Sintsova (Kseniya Knyazeva) fires her Nagant M1895.

Zoya Sintsova fires an M38 carbine in the same scene.

A closer view at the opened bolt.

A mortar crew member at the foreground is armed with an M38 carbine.

Tokarev SVT-40

An SVT-40 is seen in the hands of an unnamed Soviet soldier (Evgeni Sangadjiev).

Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR

A soldier with an SVT-40.

A closer view of the receiver.

A closer view of the barrel.

The soldier fires his SVT in the final scene.

Mauser Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k is the main weapon of German soldiers.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser.

A closer view of the barrel of a Kar 98k which is the late war barrel band. An MG 34 is seen in the background.

A German soldier holds his Kar 98k.

A German soldier aims his Kar 98k.

German soldiers fire their rifles.

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

Soviet soldiers use the Degtyaryov DP-27.

Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mmR

A Soviet soldier fires a DP-27 at German planes.

A closer view of the DP-27.

A DP-27 on the ground.

Commissar Ivan Jigunov (Anatoliy Kot) fires a DP-27 during the defense of the airfield.

A close-up of the loading of a DP magazine.

A Soviet soldier fires a DP in the final scene.

MG 34

German soldiers use MG 34 machine guns, both on bipods and tripods. In the scenes where MG 34s are fired, they are substituted with visually modified PK/PKM machine guns.

MG 34 with Gurtrommel 34 drum magazine - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A halftrack is armed with an MG 34. In the background, a PzKpfw IV tank is seen.

A German soldier aims an MG 34. Using the shoulder of another soldier to support the machine gun was a common practice in the Wehrmacht.

An MG 34 is mounted in the sidecar of a motorcycle.

MG 34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser

An MG 34 is mounted on a tripod.

PK (visually modified to resemble MG34)

Visually modified PK/PKMs stand-in for MG 34s in various scenes.

A picture of the original MG 34 and PK conversion

A visually modified PK is mounted on a halftrack.

A visually modified PK is mounted in the sidecar of a motorcycle.

PK (standing in for DT)

Replicas of BA-20 armored cars carry PK Machine Guns with the front sight removed as their main armament, rather than the correct (and probably unavailable) Degtyaryov DT.

PK machine gun - 7.62x54mmR

A closer view of the PK, mounted in the turret of the BA-20.

PKT (visually modified to resemble MG 34 Panzerlauf)

Visually modified PKTs stand-in for MG 34 Panzerlauf, mounted on Panzer III tanks.

PKT machine gun with 250-round ammo drum - 7.62x54mmR

Two fake MG 34 Panzerlaufs are mounted on the replica of a PzKpfw III.

The turret MG is firing.

The front MG is firing (this one may be a non-firing mockup of a barrel with CGI muzzle flash).

Maxim M1910

Maxim M1910 machine guns are used by Soviet soldiers. They can be identified by their smooth water jackets which are typical for Maxims manufactured during the First World War and in the early 1920s.

Maxim 1910 - 7.62x54mmR

A Maxim M1910 is seen in the trench after the battle.

Two Maxim machine guns: the M1910 at the left and a M1910/30 at the right.

A closer view of the muzzle.

A Maxim M1910, Mosin Nagant M1891/30s, and Karabiner 98ks are seen among the bodies of Soviet and German soldiers after the battle.

Maxim M1910/30

Maxim M1910/30 machine guns are used by Soviet soldiers.

Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture - 7.62x54mmR

Maxim M1910/30 on a fortress mounting. It is a post-1941 manufactured machine gun. The hose is attached incorrectly: in real fortress mountings, it is attached to the water jacket.

A view of the Maxim machine gun from the rear.

Two Maxim machine guns: the M1910 at the left and M1910/30 at the right.

A Maxim M1910/30 fires at Germans.

Maxim M-4 Quad Mounting

The M-4 AA quad mounting of Maxim M1910/30 appears in the final scene. This movie prop is a genuine M-4 from a Belarusian museum.

Maxim M1910/30 in M-4 AA quad mounting - 7.62x54mmR

The M-4 AA quad mounting is seen installed in a truck.

A closer view of the M-4.

A Soviet officer fires the M-4 at attacking German soldiers.

Maxim MG 08

In one scene, German soldiers fire a Maxim MG08.

Maxim MG 08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

An MG08 fires.

Another view of the MG08.

Degtyaryov DS-39

In one scene a Degtyaryov DS-39 machine gun is seen.

Degtyaryov DS-39 - 7.62x54mmR

A DS-39 is seen on the breastwork of the trench.

Chatellerault FM 24/29

In one scene, a German soldier carries a Fusil mitrailleur modele 1924 M29. These French light machine guns, better known as the FM 24/29, were really used by Germans under the designation leMG 116(f). Due to the absence of original French 7.5mm cartridges, the movie-used machine gun is converted to use 7.62x39mm cartridges; an AKM magazine is seen (due to its curved shape, this FM 24/29 resembles a Bren).

Chatellerault M1924/29 - 7.5x54mmR

Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Model 24 Stielhandgranates are used by German soldiers. Captured Model 24s are seen in the hands of Soviet soldiers.

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

German soldiers throw Model 24 grenades at Soviet positions. An MP 40 is seen on the ground.

A dead German soldier still holds a grenade. Several Karabiner 98ks are seen around.

A German soldier readies a grenade. He also carries an MP 38 or MP 40. Another soldier is armed with an FM 24/29.

RGD-33 stick grenade

RGD-33 grenades are widely used by Soviet soldiers.

RGD-33

A Soviet soldier holds a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 and an RGD-33 grenade.

A closer view of a RGD-33.

A bundle of RGD-33 grenades.

A soldier readies an RGD-33 to throw.

Incendiary Bottle No. 3

Many Soviet soldiers are armed with No. 3 incendiary bottles (known outside the USSR as the "Molotov cocktail").

Soviet No.3 Fire Bottle

Launchers

Flammenwerfer 41

A mockup of the Flammenwerfer 41 is seen in the hands of a German soldier in the opening scene.

Flammenwerfer 41

Gewehrgranatengerät

A Gewehrgranatengerät (known also as the Schiessbecher - "shooting cup") rifle grenade launcher is seen in one scene. This weapon is mounted on the muzzle of a Karabiner 98k and fires 30mm grenades.

Gewehrgranatengerät ("rifle grenade apparatus") with accessories - 30x250mm

Gewehrgranatengerät, mounted on Karabiner 98k rifle.

A German soldier is armed with a Kar 98k with Gewehrgranatengerät 41. An MG08 is seen in the background.

Gewehr-Sprenggranate

Loading the Gewehrgranatengerät with a Gewehr-Sprenggranate.

The soldier fires the rifle grenade.

OSP-30 Flare Pistol

An OSP-30 Flare Pistol is seen in one scene.

OSP-30 - 26.5mm

A German saboteur, dressed as a Soviet officer, readies to fire an OSP-30 flare pistol in order to show the position of the Soviet headquarters to German planes.

SPSh Flare Pistol

An SPSh Flare Pistol is seen in one scene. Unlike OSP-30, this one is anachronistic as it entered service only in 1943.

SPSh - 26.5mm

An NKVD officer (Evgeni Ivkovitch) fires a signal to a Soviet plane.

Another view of the SPSh.

Trivia

PzKpfw III Replica

A replica of the PzKpfw III was made specially for the filming of this movie. It is based on a BMP-1 chassis. Later, the same tank appeared in The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost).

The Pz III on the road.

The Pz III on the attack.

PzKpfw IV

A PzKpfw IV is seen in an opening scene. It is a non-moving museum exhibit.

Tatra OT-810 (as Sd.Kfz. 251)

Two Tatra OT-810s, post-war Czechoslovak copy of the German Sd.Kfz. 251 halftrack, were used during the filming of the movie. They are armed with MG 34 machine guns which switch to visually modified PKs during firing scenes.

A halftrack armed with an MG 34. In the background, a PzKpfw IV is seen.

BA-20 Replica

Two replicas of the BA-20 armored car were made specially for the filming of this movie. Later, they were used in the filming of The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost). The replicas use genuine bodies of BA-20s and chassis and engines of the GAZ-67. Instead of original Degtyaryov DTs, they carry PK Machine Guns with the front sight removed.

A BA-20 on the forest road.

A closer view at the BA-20.

BT-7

German soldiers inspect a captured Soviet BT-7 tank.

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

The 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) is used by Soviet troops in several scenes.

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

German soldiers inspect captured Soviet 45-mm guns.

3-inch gun in fortress mounting

A 3-inch gun M1902/30 L30 is mounted in the fortress in the opening scene.

Soviet artillerymen load the gun in the fortress.

122-mm Howitzer M1910/30

122 mm howitzer M1910/30 - 122x261mmR

A Soviet 122-mm howitzer M1910/30 after the battle.

37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA gun

37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA guns are seen in several scenes.

37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252mmSR

A 37mm AA gun guards the headquarters and the hospital in the town of Mogilev.

The same AA position in another scene.

Mortar

Soviet mortars appear in one scene. They are seen only partially, and it's hard to identify the model, but due to the size of the muzzle, they are most likely 120mm.

15 cm Nebelwerfer 41

A 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 is used by Germans in one scene.

Nebelwerfer 41 - Nebelwerfer 41 - 158 mm (6.22 inch)