Forty-Four Mutineers

Styridsatstyri Cinema poster Country Czechoslovakia Directed by Palo Bielik Release Date 1959 Language Slovak Studio Studio Hraných Filmov Bratislava Main Cast Character Actor Viktor Kolibec Juraj Sarvas Tono Mikles Dusan Blaskovic Cpl. Matej Frujak Július Vasek Stefan Badánik Ivan Mistrík Capt. Deutsch Ctibor Filcík

Forty-Four Mutineers (Original title: Štyridsaťštyri) is a Czechoslovak war drama directed by Palo Bielik in 1959. The movie tells the story of the actual event of the First World War. He showed daring soldiers who could not reconcile with unnecessary and unjust death in war, who serve only the interests of men who wanted to retain power at any cost. Their uncompromising anti-war attitude causes to had intensified the repression of the commandant Capt. Deutsch (Ctibor Filcík), to which soldiers responded by mutiny. Leader of the revolt of the Slovak infantry regiment in Kragujevac has stood former Cpl. Matej Frujak (Július Vasek). The Rebellion was suppressed, and every third of captured soldiers was executed. The whole story is told by Viktor Kolibec (Juraj Sarvas), who was convicted along with his comrade Tono Mikles (Dusan Blaskovic) and 44 other soldiers of the regiment to death by firing squad, on the way to execution.

The following weapons were used in the film Forty-Four Mutineers:

Handguns

CZ 52

Cpl. Frujak (Július Vasek) (right) in one scene holds a CZ 52 pistol, which was current at the time of filming the movie, but in WWI-time is anachronistic.

Czech CZ 52 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Roth-Steyr M1907

The Austro-Hungarian officers often carry Roth-Steyr M1907 as their sidearms.

Roth-Steyr M1907 - 8mm Roth-Steyr

A officer with his sidearm in his hand trying to suppress the rebellion of soldiers in the barracks.

A Serbian guerrilla is seen armed with loot Roth-Steyr M1907 in his hand.

Rast & Gasser M1898

Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver also belonged to the sidearms of the Austro-Hungarian officers.

Rast & Gasser Modell 1898 - 8x27mm Gasser

The officer with revolver shot the soldiers who have not entered into the attack.

Rifles

Mauser Gewehr 1898

The Austrian-Hungarian pawns in this film carry Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Viktor Kolibec (Juraj Sarvas) with his Mauser Gewehr 1898 in the middle of a battle.

Attack! Bayonets!

Tono Mikles (Dusan Blaskovic) aims a rifle at the officer, who shot the retreating men.

To novice soldiers were ordered to started firing on rebel soldiers.

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Russian soldiers are armed with anachronistic full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.

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

Viktor (Juraj Sarvas) and Tono (Dusan Blaskovic) carry at their chests the weapons of the captured Russians.

Machine Gun

Schwarzlose M1907/24

The Austrian-Hungarian Army used Czechoslovak Schwarzlose M1907/24 machine guns.

Schwarzlose-Janeček vz.07/24 - 7.92x57 Mauser

Tono (Dusan Blaskovic) gives his weapon aside and rescues a wounded comrade.

Bosnian guards holds the mutinous soldiers under supervision of the machine guns.

Other

Unknown Stielhandgranate

Austrian-Hungarian army soldiers are equipped with unknown Stielhandgranates.

Tono at the trench before the attack with a Stielhandgranate in his belt.

The bosnian guards were also equipped with hand grenades.

Cpl Frujak (Július Vasek) and Viktor pelted at the guards their grenades.

76 mm M1927 Regimental Gun

The staff of Command deployed against the rebels also artillery with post-WWI Soviet M1927 regimental gun.

Trivia

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Štyridsaťštyri - alternative movie poster

Štyridsaťštyri - DVD Cover