At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga)

At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) Film poster Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Union Directed by Vasili Ordynsky Release Date 1964 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Main Cast Character Actor Mother Nadezhda Fedosova Lisa Liliya Dsyuba Prokhorenko Boris Yurchenko Perekalin Yuri Gorobets Bersenyev Roman Khomyatov Lieutenant Stanislav Sokolov Leonid Chernyshov Valeri Pogoreltsev

At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) (Russian Title: У твоего порога) is a 1964 Soviet World War II drama directed by Vasili Ordynsky. Late Fall 1941, anti-aircraft gun crew took up defensive positions at the fork in the road on the outskirts of Lobnya (a small town near the Moscow). Their task is to prevent the breakthrough of German tanks.

The following weapons are featured in the film At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga):

Pistol

Tokarev TT-33

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Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

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Russian lieutenant (Stanislav Sokolov) holds his Tokarev TT-33

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

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PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

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Russian soldier holds the PPSh-41

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Leonid Chernyshov (Valeri Pogoreltsev) fires PPSh-41 at German aircraft

MP38

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The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military before 1940

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German tank crew member holds his MP38 submachine gun

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German tank crew member fires his MP38

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

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Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R

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Russian soldier armed with the full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle rifle

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Russian soldiers carry full-length Mosin Nagant with attached bayonets

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Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR

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Russian anti-aircraft gunners armed with Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines

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Karabiner 98k

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Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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German soldiers armed with the Karabiner 98k

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DP-27

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DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R

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Russian soldier holds Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun

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DP-27 machine gun mounted on a motorcycle

Maxim M1910/30

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Maxim 1910/30 with wheel mount and shield - 7.62x54R

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Moscow militiamen carry Maxim machine guns

ZB-53

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ZB 53 / Vz.37 machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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Pz.Kpfw.38(t) light tank fires ZB-53 / Vz.37 machine gun mounted in gun turret

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Another shot of the same episode

MG-34 Machine Gun

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MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser

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Pz.Kpfw.IV German medium tank fires MG34 mounted in gun turret. Note flash painted on incorrectly side

KPV heavy machine gun

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KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm

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KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount can be seen in a Moscow train station. This is an anachronism. KPV heavy machine gun entered service after World War II

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Dual KPV heavy machine gun mount can be seen on a railroad car

37-mm M1939 (61-K)

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37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37×252SR

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37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic cannon can be seen mounted on the roof of a building in Moscow

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Hand Grenades

RGD-33 Stick Grenade

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RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade

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The RGD-33 Stick Grenades joined together to increase their destructive capacity

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Russian soldier holds the RGD-33 Stick Grenades

Other

45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)

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M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)

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45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) can be seen in footage from 1949 film The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II.

76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

The 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3).

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M1942 divisional gun (ZiS-3) - 76mm

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Russian GAZ-63 truck (actually entered service in 1948) tows the ZiS-3 gun

85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K)

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85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) - 85×629mm R

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85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) was prepared for direct fire and camouflaged with a hay

T-34-76

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Soviet T-34-76 medium tanks can be seen in documentary footage

T-34-85

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Soviet T-34-85 medium tank attacks Nazi troops. This is an anachronism. T-34-85 entered service in 1944

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tank

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The real German tanks used in this movie. But for example this one is an anachronism. Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.F2 tanks entered service only in spring of 1942.

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Pz.Kpfw.IV firing

Pz.Kpfw.III

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Pz.Kpfw.III German medium tank seen through the eyepiece of binoculars

Elefant heavy tank destroyer

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Elefant heavy tank destroyer can be seen on the battlefield. This is an anachronism. Elefant entered service in spring of 1943