Forty-Four Mutineers

Styridsatstyri (1959)

Styridsatstyri (english: The forty-four) is a Czechoslovak war drama directed by Palo Bielik in 1959. High quality processed film tells the story of the actual event of the First World War. He showed extraordinary daring Slovak soldiers who could not reconcile with unnecessary and unjust war, who could then serve the interests of men who wanted to retain power at any cost. This uncompromising attitude causes to had intensified the repression of the commandant Cpt. Deutsch (Ctibor Filcík), on which soldiers responded by the mutiny. To lead the revolt of Slovak infantry regiment in Kragujevac has stood former Cpl. Matej Frujak (Július Vasek). The Rebellion was suppressed, and every third from captured soldiers was executed. The whole story is told by Viktor Kolibíkem (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 the execution.

The following guns were used in the 1959 Czechoslovak film Styridsatstyri:

Roth-Steyr M1907

Roth-Steyr M1907 - 8mm Roth-Steyr.

Serbian guerrilla armed with a Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol hidden in the garden.

The officer with a pistol in his hand trying to suppress the rebellion of soldiers in the barracks.

Gasser Revolvers

The Gasser Revolvers belonged to the service weapons of the Austro-Hungarian officers.

Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser.

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

Mauser Gewehr 98

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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

Tono Mikles (Dusan Blaskovic) heading for the officer who shot the retreating soldiers.

Novice soldiers were ordered to fire on a rebel soldiers.

Mosin Nagant Rifle

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

Russian soldiers are armed with full-length Mosin Nagant Rifles.

Tony with Viktor has draped at neck rifle of Russians who had been captured.

Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12

7.92x57 Mauser

Tono give Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12 aside and go to help the wounded comrade.

Bosnian guards mutinous soldiers holds under supervision help a machine guns.

Model 17 Stielhandgranate

Model 17 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade

Tono at the trench before the attack with a Model 17 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.

8cm Feldkanone M 05

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8 cm Feldkanone M 05

The staff of Command deployed against the rebels also artillery with 8cm Feldkanone M 05.