Unknown Pages from the Life of a Scout
(Neizvestnye stranitsy iz zhizni razvedchika)

DVD Cover

Country	USSR
Directed by	Vladimir Chebotaryov
Release Date	1991
Language	Russian German
Studio	Vremya Studio Mosfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Pyotr Ilyich Khalyazin	Yuriy Duvanov
Vladimir Azov	Andrei Alyoshin
Ignat Barytski	Vitaliy Zikora
Anna Shumak	Aleksandra Kolkunova
Gen. Lt. Golikov	Viktor Stepanov
Battalion Commissar Pritula	Gennadi Korolkov
SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Willi Walecki	Vladimir Korenev
Col. Himmel	Gediminas Girdvainis

Unknown Pages from the Life of a Scout (Neizvestnye stranitsy iz zhizni razvedchika; another English title Unknown Pages from the Life of a Secret Agent) is a Soviet 1991 (filmed 1990) war movie directed by Vladimir Chebotaryov and based on the novel "Lishniy" (Superfluous) by Anatoliy Azolskiy. The plot is set in Nazi Germany in 1941. Soviet intelligence agent Pyotr Khalyazin gets information about the impending attack on the USSR. However, Khalyazin's reports are not trusted, and contacts with him stop. Khalyazin has to continue his mission without any support.

The following weapons were used in the film Unknown Pages from the Life of a Scout (Neizvestnye stranitsy iz zhizni razvedchika):

Pistols

Vis wz. 35

Polish Communist Ignat Barytski (Vitaliy Zikora) owns a Vis wz. 35 pistol. In one scene Soviet intelligence agent Vladimir Azov (Andrei Alyoshin) gets Barytski's pistol. Later same gun is used by Barytski's comrade-in-arms Mscislaw Swiatski (Anton Sivers).

Vis wz. 35 - 9x19mm

Azov disarms Barytski.

Azov aims the pistol at Barytski.

Barytski holds his pistol during another meeting with Azov.

Swiatski fires at German soldiers.

The pistol runs out of ammo.

Swiatski is gunned down and drops the empty Vis.

Luger P08

German officers fire Luger P08 pistols at escaping Anna Shumak after the assassination of Hauptman (Capt.) Albrecht.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

Two officers (Stanislav Strelkov at the foreground) fire their pistols.

Walther P38

In the said scene a German officer (Valeriy Frolov) fires a Walther P38. A P38 are also seen in hands of Ignat Barytski (Vitaliy Zikora) who hands the pistol to Pyotr Khalyazin (Yuriy Duvanov), acting under disguise of Oberleutnant Schmidt.

Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm

A German officer fires his P38 after escaping Anna Shumak.

Barytski hands a P38 to Khalyazin.

Khalyazin holds a P38.

Pocket pistol

In one scene Pyotr Khalyazin (Yuriy Duvanov) holds a pocket pistol that he describes as .25 caliber "fly swatter". Later this pistol is used by Anna Shumak (Aleksandra Kolkunova) to assassinate Gestapo officer Hauptman Albrecht. This gun resembles Llama pocket models, like Model XVII or XVIII.

For comparison: Llama Model XVIII

Khalyazin holds the pocket pistol.

Khalyazin suggests to gift the pistol to Azov but the latter declines.

A box with obviously blank cartridges in a cache in Khalyazin's room.

Anna hides the gun under the elastic on her leg.

Anna draws the pistol.

She fires at Albrecht.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

A PPSh-41 is seen in the dugout of the commander of Soviet partisans unit (Valeriy Afanasyev).

PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

A PPSh-41 is seen in the dugout.

MP38

Some German soldiers are armed with MP38s. Pyotr Khalyazin (Yuriy Duvanov) holds an MP38 in one scene.

MP38 - 9x19mm

German soldiers fire at Barytski who activated an explosive charge in a briefcase. Two MP38s are seen at the foreground, and an MP40 at the background right.