Optimistic Tragedy
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Optimistic Tragedy Optimisticheskaya tragediya ) is a Soviet 1963 movie directed by Samson Samsonov. The story takes place during the Russian Civil war and tells about the female Bolshevik commissar (Margarita Volodina ) who leads a squad of Red sailors.
The following weapons were used in the film Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) :
Handguns Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen in hands of various characters, including Commissar (Margarita Volodina ), Bering (Vsevolod Safonov ) and Aleksey (Vyacheslav Tikhonov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38N Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the opening scene Aleksey carries a Nagant, tucked at his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksey draws his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commissar leads the sailors in attack with Nagant in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bering fires his Nagant during the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bering holds his revolver after the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several anarchists are armed with Nagant revolvers (red 1 and 2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant (red 2) is seen in the pile of weapons taken from surrendered anarchists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commissar fires her Nagant during the night battle. FN Model 1910 In the opening scene Commissar (Margarita Volodina ) carries an FN Model 1910 pistol. Later she is seen with a Nagant M1895 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 Vozhak (Boris Andreyev ), leader of anarchists, and his lieutenant Sipliy (Vsevolod Sanayev ) carry Mauser C96 pistols in wooden holsters. Several other anarchists are also armed with Mauser pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vozhak fires his Mauser at White Army cavalry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A wooden holster is seen at Vozhak's side. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksey (Vyacheslav Tikhonov ) disarms Vozhak. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An anarchist in center (Nikita Kondratyev ) raises his Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mauser (red 1) is seen in the pile of weapons taken from surrendered anarchists. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Most sailors are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors with rifles in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor parries the blow of White Army cavalryman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors carry a mix of M91 and M91/30 rifles, mostly with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Mosin Nagant rifles are seen in the pile of weapons taken from surrendered anarchists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors fire M91/30 rifles and M38 Carbine during the night battle. Mosin Nagant M1891 Original Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M91 is seen in hands of a sailor at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sailors carry a mix of M91 and M91/30 rifles, mostly with bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of M1891 rifle is seen behind a group of anarchists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M91 rifle with bayonet is seen at the foreground. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Several sailors are armed with anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the right holds an M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M38 carbine is seen (red 3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the left is armed with an M38 Carbine. Mauser Gewehr 98 Some sailors carry Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the right carries a Mauser 98 rifle. The buttstock is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene, the barrel is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the right carries a Mauser 98 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A half-naked sailor in center holds a Mauser 98 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the background holds a Mauser 98 rifle. The straight bolt handle and Lange-Visier sight can be seen. Karabiner 98k In the final scene enemy soldiers carry anachronistic Karabiner 98k rifles with sword bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enemy soldiers threaten captive sailors with their rifles. Machine Guns Maxim Machine Gun Maxim M1910 or M10/30 machine guns are briefly seen in several scenes.
Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount & shield - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim is seen behind Commissar and Aleksey. Other Weapons F-1 Hand Grenade Many sailors carry anachronistic F-1 hand grenades . They can stand for Mills Bombs , popular during Russian civil war.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dummy Training Grenade Several sailors carry dummy training stick grenades that stand for RG-14/30 hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Training stick grenade. Such cast aluminum dummies were widely used in USSR for basic training. Error creating thumbnail: File missing RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sailor at the left carries two grenades, tucked at his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another sailor also carries two grenades. 
