Peace to Him Who Enters
Original Theatrical Poster
Peace to Him Who Enters Mir vkhodyashchemu ) is a Soviet 1961 B&W war drama directed by Aleksandr Alov and Vladimir Naumov . The plot is set in May 1945, during the last days of the WWII in Europe. A young Soviet officer, just graduated from military school, and a shell-shocked soldier help a pregnant German woman to get to the hospital. The child is born on the first peaceful day.
The film received the Special Jury Prize for Best Director and the Award for the best foreign film at the 22nd Venice International Film Festival.
The following weapons were used in the film Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) :
Pistols TT-33 Junior Lieutenant Shura (diminutive of Aleksandr) Ivlev (Aleksandr Demyanenko ) carries a TT-33 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shura Ivlev draws his TT to fire a salute on the grave of a Soviet soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is seen in Ivlev's hand when Yamshchikov stops him from shooting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivlev holds the TT at the grave of Rukavitsyn. The holster is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivlev holds the TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A perfect view of Ivlev's TT on a promotional image. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivlev holds a TT on a promotional image. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Most Soviet soldiers, notably Pvt. Ivan Yamshchikov (Viktor Avdyushko ) and truck driver Pvt. Pavel Rukavitsyn (Stanislav Khitrov), are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 71 round drum - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shell-shoked Yamshchikov with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yamshchikov's comrade-in-arms (Vladimir Zhilkin) carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers carry PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rukavitsyn's PPSh is seen in the cab of the truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yamshchikov carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shura Ivlev (Aleksandr Demyanenko ) takes Rukavitsyn's PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yamshchikov fires his PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivlev fires the PPSh through the windshield of the truck. Ivlev with a PPSh and an American soldier (Nikolay Grinko ) with a Thompson M1928A1 on a promotional image. MP40 MP40 submachine guns are used by Volkssturm personnel.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hitlerjugend member (Mikhail Logvinov) fires an MP40 at Rukavitsyn's truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Volkssturm member is gunned down by Ivlev and drops his MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned MP40 is seen on the pavement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pile of abandoned MP40s. Note the damaged magazine of the MP40 in center. Thompson M1928A1 An American soldier (Nikolay Grinko ), truck driver, carries a Thompson M1928A1 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The American driver carries a Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He accompanies Ivlev with the Thompson in hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shura Ivlev with a PPSh-41 and the American driver with a Thompson on a promotional image. Shura Ivlev with a PPSh-41 and the American driver with a Thompson on a promotional image. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Some Soviet soldiers 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 A blurry view of Soviet soldiers' rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the far left holds a rifle while other soldiers are armed with PPSh-41s . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the far left carries a rifle. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Some Soviet soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A blurry view of a Soviet soldier's carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers at the far left carry M38 Carbine and M91/30 rifle. Karabiner 98k A Karabiner 98k rifle is briefly seen on a body of a killed German soldier.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Guns DP-27 A Soviet soldier carries a DP-27 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the far left carries a DP-27 machine gun. MG34 Abandoned MG34 machine guns are seen on the streets of a German town.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is seen on the pavement. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 in the window of a house. 61-K AA Autocannon 37 mm 61-K AA autocannons are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37 mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing An anti-aircraft autocannon is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An anti-aircraft autocannon is seen at the left. Other Weapons Pak 40 Abandoned 7.5 cm Pak 40 AT guns are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Pak 40 is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Pak 40 is seen at the background left. Trivia Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122 mm M-30 field howitzer on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2 mm ZiS-3 field gun is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned 105 mm LeFH 18/40 field howitzers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers (at the left top) and an M-30 howitzer on march. Armor Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Postwar T-44 tanks are seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SU-100 anti-tank SPG is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SU-100 SPGs on march. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some T-34-85 tanks are used to represent destroyed German tanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-76 is seen behind the soldier while a T-34-85 at the far left represents a destroyed German tank. Wartime documentary footage is used in the film.
PPSh-41 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 71 round drum - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with a PPSh-41 . PPS-43 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle and PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An artilleryman carries a PPS-43 . Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An artilleryman carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle and PPSh-41 and PPS-43 submachine guns. Unidentified rifles Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Resistance fighters carry rifles of unclear models while greeting the victorious troops. The rifle in center may be some Mauser model while the one at the right looks more Lebel or Berthier . Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Resistance fighter in the said scene carries a hand grenade, supposedly a Model 24 Stielhandgranate , tucked into his belt. He also carries a pistol in holster (it is possible that this is a Walther P38 but it's a very vague guess). Maxim M1910/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30, post-1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim M1910/30 in action. Berezin UB Berezin UB machine guns are seen mounted on Il-2 ground attack planes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berezin UBT, a turret version of UB with spade grips - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing UBT machine guns are seen. Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 23mm Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 autocannons are main guns on Il-2.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 - 23x152 mmB Error creating thumbnail: File missing A well-known image of Ilyushin Il-2s firing their main guns. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 45 mm 53-K AT gun and a 76.2 mm ZiS-3 field gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2 mm ZiS-3 field gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2 mm ZiS-3 field gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122 mm M-30 field howitzer in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122 mm M-30 howitzer in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122 mm A-19 heavy guns in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 152 mm M-10 field howitzer in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152 mm ML-20 guns-howitzers in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 152 mm ML-20 gun-howitzer in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152 mm BR-2 heavy gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 203 mm B-4 heavy howitzers in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 203 mm B-4 howitzer is used for direct fire during the street battles in Berlin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 210 mm BR-17 long range gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers in action. Tanks Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34-76 tanks in attack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-85 tank. 
