Over Tissa (Nad Tissoy)

Over Tissa (Nad Tissoy) Theatrical Poster Country USSR Directed by Dmitriy Vasilyev Release Date 1958 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Main Cast Character Actor Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Andrey Ivanovich Smolyarchuk Afanasi Kochetkov Clark alias "Ivan Belogray" Valentin Zubkov Tereziya Simak Tatyana Konyukhova Marya Vasilyevna Simak Nina Nikitina Capt. Shaposhnikov Andrei Goncharov The General of Border Guards Aleksandr Khvylya Maj. Zubavin Dmitriy Dubov Ivan Fyodorovich Belogray Vladimir Gusev

Over Tissa (Nad Tissoy) is a 1958 Soviet adventure movie directed by Dmitriy Vasilyev and based on the novel by Aleksandr Avdeyenko. In 1951 foreign agent Clark (Valentin Zubkov) infiltrates USSR, posing himself as retired Soviet Army Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Ivan Belogray; real Belogray was murdered by the agent's accomplice. Under the fake personality, Clark settles in a village in Transcarpathian region and plans to destroy the strategic railway bridge over river Tissa (currently Tisza). But Border Guard Andrey Smolyarchuk (Afanasi Kochetkov) manages to uncover the real identity of the agent.

The following weapons were used in the film Over Tissa (Nad Tissoy):

Pistols

TT-33

Soviet Border Guards Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Andrey Ivanovich Smolyarchuk (Afanasi Kochetkov) carries a TT-33 pistol.

Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version.

Smolyarchuk holds a TT.

Another view of the same scene. The pistol seems to have pre-1947 slide serration.

Smolyarchuk carries a TT holster.

Smolyarchuk holds a TT when pursuing Clark.

Walther P38

Clark (Valentin Zubkov) uses a Walther P38 in several scenes. When he ambushes Starshina Smolyarchuk, the P38 switches to Luger P08 (see below) and then back to Walther.

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

Clark draws his P38.

Clark fires at Marya Vasilyevna Simak who realized he isn't real Belogray. After only two shots the slide of Clark's Walther locks in rear position.

Clark holds his P38 when trying to escape.

Clark again holds a P38 during the brawl with Stepanov on the raft. In previous scene he had a P08.

Luger P08

The agent Grab (Konstantin Starostin) who provides Clark's crossing of the border carries a Luger P08. Clark's (Valentin Zubkov) P38 switches to a P08 when he fires at Starshina Smolyarchuk.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Grab holds a Luger.

Clark's P38 switches to P08.

Clark holds a P08.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

Soviet Border Guards are mostly armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Pvt. Stepanov (Viktor Solomatin) carries his PPSh.

A wartime photo of Ivan Belogray with PPSh-41 in a newspaper. Strangely, this is an image not of real Belogray (Vladimir Gusev), as it must be according to the story, but of Clark-Belogray (Valentin Zubkov).

Stepanov holds the PPSh.

Stepanov and Sgt. Voloshenko (Leonid Chubarov) with PPSh-41s in a lorry.

Border guards with PPSh-41s on BAV amphibious transport.

Voloshenko and other border guards with PPSh-41s convoy arrested Clark.

A border guard with PPSh in same scene.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbine

Some Border Guards are armed with Mosin Nagant M1944 Carbines.

Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mmR.

Border guards on horsebacks carry Mosin Nagant carbines, most likely M44.

Sgt. Voloshenko (Leonid Chubarov) (in center) carries an M44 Carbine.

Other Weapons

F1 Hand Grenade

The agent Grab (Konstantin Starostin) carries a hand grenade that appears to be a French F1 hand grenade.

F1 hand grenade with Mle 1935 fuse.

Grab draws a grenade when he is captured by Starshina Smolyarchuk. Note the typical Mle 1935 fuse.

Grab tries to blow the grenade.

The grenade, confiscated from Grab, is seen on the table in Maj. Zubavin's office.