In the Port of Cape Town
Poster
In the Port of Cape Town V Keyptaunskom portu... ; after the title of a popular Soviet song) is a 2019 (filmed 2018) Russian drama film directed by Aleksandr Veledinskiy. Three men meet in Summer 1945 on the island of Sakhalin on the Far East. A shootout happens, and each of the trio mistakenly believes that he killed the other two. Fifty years later, events related to that fateful meeting that changed the lives of all three happen in different parts of the world.
Note: there is no ellipsis in the title on the poster, but it is present in the opening credits of the film.
The following weapons were used in the film In the Port of Cape Town (V Keyptaunskom portu...) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 In the scene, set in Leningrad in 1926, a Senior Militsioner (the second role of Evgeniy Tkachuk ) carries a Nagant M1895 revolver in holster.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Militsioners help a pregnant woman. A small part of the Nagant grip is seen in holster of a man at the left.Pistols TT-33 Gena (Evgeniy Tkachuk ) holds a TT-33 in several scenes, set in 1996. Then he is disarmed by the Vilen Alekseevich Vereshchagin (Vladimir Steklov ) who was one of the three participants of the events on Sakhalin in 1945.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gena carries a TT in the pocket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A criminal (Vladimir Shabelnikov) hands the TT to Gena. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol at Gena's head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gena holds the TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gena tries to shoot himself. The pistol isn't cocked. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gena's TT is seized by Vereshchagin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vereshchagin holds the pistol and the sniper scope while preparing to assassinate a crime boss. In this scene a different TT is used. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He checks the only cartridge in the magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The chamber of this TT is different from the one, seen in Gena's hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vereshchagin holds the pistol. Erma EP 652 In the flashback scene that depicts the scene in 1945 from Sailor's point of view, the young Sailor (Filipp Ershov) is armed with an anachronistic Erma EP 652 .22 caliber pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Erma EP 652 - .22 LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailor fires the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A general view of the scene. SIG-Sauer P220 Series Pistol In a scene, set in 1996 in Cape Town, Michel (Francis Chouler) carries a pistol of SIG-Sauer P220 family in shoulder holster. The pistol is seen only partially, and the exact model cannot be identified.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SIG-Sauer P220 1st Generation "American" model - .45 ACP. The screen gun is similar enough to this model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip and the hammer spur of the holstered pistol are seen. Vektor SP1 In a scene in Cape Town, one of Pakhan's scions (Keenan Arrison) is armed with a Vektor SP1 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vektor SP1 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The young man with the Vektor SP1 in hands. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 In the scene in 1945, young Vilen Vereshchagin alias Salazhonok ("Rookie") (Danil Steklov, grandson of Vladimir Steklov who plays aged Vereshchagin) is armed with a PPSh-41 submachine gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok's PPSh is seen through a gap in the railway car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok holds a PPSh when the three men meet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok fires the PPSh at Sailor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the PPSh in another flashback. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok with a PPSh and Pakhan with an MP38 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok fires at hated Pakhan... but only in his visions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Salazhonok with a PPSh and Pakhan with an MP38 on a promotional image. MP38 In the scene in 1945, Sergeant of penal battalion Toporkov alias Pakhan ("Crime Boss") (Aleksandr Robak) is armed with an MP38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close-ups of Pakhan's MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pakhan aims the MP38 at Sailor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pakhan's MP38 on ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same scene in another flashback. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pakhan fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pakhan with the MP38 on promotional images Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Uzi In the scene in Cape Town, Pakhan's scion Alex (Ryan Kruger) hides an Uzi in a saxophone case.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Alex hids the Uzi in the case. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pakhan's granddaughter Angelica (Anfisa Chernykh) covertly replaces the gun with the saxophone. Assault Rifles Norinco Type 56-1 Several AK-47s are seen in the scene in Cape Town. They are seen only partially but what is seen allows to identify them as Norinco Type 56-1 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-1 - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An old Zulu woman Ari (Sylvia Mdunyelwa) loads the AK magazine with specially spoiled cartriges. One of the three AKs (1 ) is partially seen at the background right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. The AK on the table (2 ) definitly has a folding stock. The AK leaning against the table (3 ) is a different model as it has a kind of muzzle brake (see below for possible identification). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ari loads the AKs. Folding stocks are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An AK is seen in hands of a Pakhan's scion (Darren Amos). The front sight and the muzzle allow to identify it as Type 56. Unidentified AK One of the AKs seen in the scene in Cape Town has a kind of muzzle brake that bears resemblance with the ones used on Bulgarian Arsenal AR-M1/M1F . But it is seen very blurry and the proper identification is humpered.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Arsenal AR-M1F - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The AK leaning against the table (3 ) has a kind of muzzle brake similar to AR-M1. It also seems to have a folding stock. AKS-74 Three Russian OMON (SWAT) officers are armed with AKS-74s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74 - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74 with synthetic furniture - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An OMON officer at the right holds an AKS-74. Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74s are seen in hands of OMON officers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the OMON officers holds an AKS-74 with the wooden handguard (in center), and another one (at the right) - with the plastic handguard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing OMON officers guard arrested criminals.Saiga MK-03 Two more OMON officers are armed with compact AKs that look most like semi-auto Saiga MK-03 (but also may be airsoft guns that are common in modern Russian films).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saiga MK-03 with wood grip and handguard - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An OMON officer at the left holds a Saiga MK-03. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Saiga MK-03 is seen. Note the combination of 7.62x39 mm magazine, triangle skeleton stock in AKS-74/74U style and wooden handguard that exclude AK-104 on which MK-03 is based. Vektor R5 In the scene in Cape Town, Alex (Ryan Kruger) checks a Vektor R5 hidden in a guitar case.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vektor R5 - 5.56x45mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Vektor R5 is seen in the guitar case. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 A DP-27 machine gun is seen in Pakhan's flashback scene, set during the WWII.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP-27 is aimed at a group of seasoned criminals who refuse to go to front. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Under the death threat Pakhan prefers to abandon the code of criminals and become a soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Others refuse and are executed. Trivia Glock The film poster shows Gena (Evgeniy Tkachuk ) holding a Glock style pistol. Such gun isn't used in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Glock pistol is seen better on a backdrop of the poster. Mockup Guns Stage actors at the rehearsal of Vereshchagin's play hold mockups of PPSh-41 , MP40 and a rough generalized pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor in the role of Salazhonok (Nikita Markovskiy) carries a "PPSh", behind him an actor in the role of Pakhan (Andrey Gulnyov) with an "MP40". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MP40 is seen better. It is less rough than the PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The wooden barrel of the "PPSh" is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An actor in the role of Sailor (Ivan Baykalov) holds a wooden pistol. Photos Error creating thumbnail: File missing A photo of Soviet Navy destroyer Soobrazitelniy is seen in a newspaper. This is real wartime photo, taken in 1943. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A photo of US Navy Iowa -class battleship is seen on the wall in a tavern in Cape Town. The plot implies it to be Missouri . 
