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 Tono Mikles Dusan Blaskovic Viktor Kolibec Juraj Sarvas Cpl. Matej Frujak Július Vasek Stefan Badánik Ivan Mistrík Capt. Deutsch Ctibor Filcík

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 Capt. 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 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 the execution.

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

Roth-Steyr M1907

The service weapon of Austro-Hungarian officers were Roth-Steyr M1907 pistols.

Roth-Steyr M1907 - 8mm Roth-Steyr.

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

Serbian guerrilla armed with a Roth-Steyr M1907 pistol.

CZ 52

Cpl. Frujak (Július Vasek) in his right hand holding a pistol CZ 52, which was current at the time of filming movie, but for the story its is anachronismus.

Czech CZ 52 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.

Rast-Gasser M1898

The Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver belonged also 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

Austrian-Hungarian pawns in this film wears a Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Viktor Kolibec (Juraj Sarvas) with his 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

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

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

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

Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12

Austrian-Hungarian troops is seen with a Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12 machine guns.

7.92x57 Mauser

Tono give aside and go to help the wounded comrade.

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

Model 17 Stielhandgranate

Austrian-Hungarian soldiers is equipped with a Model 17 Stielhandgranates

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

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

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8 cm Feldkanone M 05

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