| Port
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Original Theatrical Poster
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| Country
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 USSR
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| Directed by
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Yuriy Chernyy
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| Release Date
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1976
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| Language
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Russian
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| Studio
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Odessa Film Studio
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Port is a Soviet 1976 (filmed 1975) B&W war movie directed by Yuriy Chernyy. In Spring 1944 Soviet troops approached the German-occupied city of Odessa on Black Sea coast. The Soviet intelligence and underground workers take measures to prevent undermining of the Odessa port by retreating Germans.
The following weapons were used in the film Port:
Pistols
Luger P08
German and Romanian officers carry Luger P08 pistols but holsters for P08 mostly appear to be flat and empty. Andrey Nikolaevich Kotelnikov (Boris Nikiforov) uses a Luger during the final operation in Odessa port.
Note: see additional images on talk page.
German officers hold Lugers after the brawl with Romanian officers in the restaurant.
When Romanian Maj. Leon Petrescu (
Grigore Grigoriu) shots himself, his Luger is partially seen on pavement.
A German officer at the right holds a Luger.
A good view of Kotelnikov's Luger.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Most Soviet soldiers and some underground fighters and partisans in Odessa are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A barrel of a PPSh in hands of a Soviet soldier.
An arrestee (Gennadi Bolotov) grapples with a guard, wresting his PPSh.
A Soviet soldier at the right carries a PPSh.
Lugovoy (
Vitaly Rozstalny), Gestapo agent, posing as the leader of Soviet underground group, holds a PPSh.
Lugovoy (in center) holds a PPSh. His men are armed with MP40s.
Viktor Petrovich Kravchuk (
Genrikh Ostashevsky), the commander of partisans unit, holds a PPSh.
MP40
Nearly all German soldiers and many Soviet underground fighters and partisans are armed with MP40 SMGs.
Note: see additional images on talk page.
German soldiers on guard at the entrance of Gestapo.
A soldier at the background carries an MP40.
A German soldier with MP40.
An MP40 in hands of an underground fighter of Biryukov's group.
German officers and soldiers with MP40s during the shootout in the port.
An underground fighter with MP40.
Miron (
Aleksandr Belina) in shootout with Lugovoy. This scene is also used on DVD cover.
MP38
Some MP38s are also seen.
A German soldier with MP38.
Fyodor Mikhailovich Biryukov (
Nikolay Slyozka), the leader of underground group in the port, holds an MP38.
Assault Rifles
Sturmgewehr 44
In one scene German soldiers, guarding the port, carry Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles, slightly out of time for Spring 1944.
Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz
German soldiers with StG 44s.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891/30
In one scene a Soviet soldier carries a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle.
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R
A soldier with M91/30 rifle escorts Tonya.
Machine Guns
MG34
MG34 are used by German troops. In one scene an MG34 Panzerlauf is seen.
MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A closer view of the MG34.
MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser
An MG34 Panzerlauf is used as infantry machine gun.
Degtyaryov DT
A Degtyaryov DT is seen mounted on Soviet T-34 tank that stands for destroyed German tank.
DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R
The barrel of frontal DT is seen.
KPV
A post-war 2M-7 mounting with two KPV heavy machine guns is mounted on a German patrol boat.
KPV heavy machine gun in 2M-7 twin (over and under) naval mounting - 14.5x114mm
Other Weapons
Dummy Training Grenade
A stick hand grenade is seen during the battle in port. Its shape and size match dummy training grenade.
Training stick grenade. Such cast aluminum dummies were widely used in USSR for basic training.
2.8 cm sPzB 41
A 2.8 cm sPzB 41, light anti-tank gun with squeeze bore, is seen in the port. Possibly same prop (this is a really rare gun) was used in Proshchay, filmed by same studio a decade earlier.
sPzB 41 (foreground) at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.
A general view of the gun.
A closer view. Note that the barrel stucks in rear position. The carriage is fitted with solid disc wheels instead of usual spoked wheels.
The barrel with muzzle brake.
Trivia
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)
Soviet 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) guns are seen.
ZiS-3 divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R
T-34
A T-34 tank stands for destroyed German tank.
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