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Sky Without Stars

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Sky Without Stars
Himmel ohne Sterne
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Movie Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing West Germany
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Release Date October 14, 1955
Language German
Russian
Distributor Europa-Filmverleih
Main Cast
Character Actor
Carl Altmann Erik Schumann
Anna Kaminski Eva Kotthaus
Willi Becker Georg Thomalla
Mischa Bjelkin Horst Buchholz
Hüske Siegfried Lowitz


Sky Without Stars is a 1955 West German film directed by Helmut Käutner. The young Anna Kaminski lives directly at the zonal border in Thuringia. Her son, whose father died in the war, lives with his grandparents in Bavaria, only a few kilometers to the west. Since she wants to see him again and again, she steals secretly across the border. At one of her aisles, she meets the Bavarian border police, Carl Altmann. The West German helps Anna to illegally bring her son to the East and both fall in love. But the only way to meet is between the borders in an abandoned train station. After all, Anna wants to finally flee to the Western sector with her son, but the borders are getting denser.


The following weapons were used in the film Sky Without Stars:


Pistols

Walther PP

Bavarian Grenzpolizei including Carl Altmann (Erik Schumann) are armed with Walther PP pistols. While Carl is seen carrying one in his holster, a border guard fires it at the end of the movie.

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Post war Walther PP - .32 ACP.
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Carl's Walther in his holster at the border crossing.
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A border guard fires his pistol at his GDR counterparts to scare them back.

CZ 27

What appears to be an CZ 27 pistol is the personal sidearm of Willi Becker (Georg Thomalla) which he gives to Carl to protect himself and Anna.

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CZ 27 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev.
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"Take my gun anyway. If they capture you here, you will be dead."
Willi offers his pistol to Carl.
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The pistol in Carl's hand. The grip can be seen.
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Promotional Picture.

Rifles

Karabiner 98AZ

East German border guards can be seen with Karabiner 98AZ.

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Karabiner 98AZ - 7.92x57mm
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A border guard demands the papers from the refugees citizens.
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The same guard fires his carbine at the swimming Anna.
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Good view of the stacking hook and the front sight.

Karabiner 98k

German border guards from the East and West are mainly armed with Karabiner 98ks.

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Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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A view of the hooded front sight during border crossing of Willi.
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Vopo Bröse's (Wolfgang Neuss) Karabiner over his shoulder.
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He fires some warning shots in the wrong direction to allow Carl to escape.

M1 Carbine

The M1 Carbine is briefly seen used by an GDR Vopo and a Grenzpolizist.

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World War II Era M1 Carbine - .30 Carbine
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The Vopo second from right with his slung carbine.
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The West German border guard on the right holds his carbine.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

Mischa Bjelkin (Horst Buchholz) and other Soviet soldiers are seen with PPSh-41 submachine guns. As Carl runs for help for Anna, he is stopped by an East German patrol armed with these submachine guns.

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A PPSh-41 submachine gun.
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Soviet sentry stands guard with his PPSh.
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Close-up of a PPSh in the hands of a GDR border guard.
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An East German border guard searching Carl armed with a PPsh.
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While on his way to Anna, Mischa on bicycle carry his submachine gun.
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Mischa holds his SMG in search of Anna.

Other

Flare Pistol

An East German uses an unknown Flare pistol to alert his Soviet comrades.

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OSSh-42 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm.
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He fires the flare pistol into the air.

Tank

Some T-34/85 mockup tanks can be seen near the Red Army camp.

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