The Return of Maxim
Original Theatrical Poster
The Return of Maxim Vozvrashchenie Maksima ) is a Soviet 1937 historical drama directed by Grigoriy Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. This is the second part of Maxim Trilogy , depicting the life of a young factory worker, Maxim Lisitsin, who becoms a revolutionary and organises the labor strike of Peterburg workers in Summer 1914. The movie is followed by the third part, The Vyborg Side (Vyborgskaya storona)
Note: the first part of the trilogy, The Youth of Maxim (Yunost Maksima) (1935), lacks any firearms and so isn't listed on IMFDB.
The following weapons were used in the film The Return of Maxim (Vozvrashchenie Maksima) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 In several scenes, notably during the fighting of the barricades, revolutionary workers, police personnel and Army officers use Nagant M1895 revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A defender of a barricade fires a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gorodovoy (policeman) fires a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maksim Lisitsin (Boris Chirkov ) grapples with a Gorodovoy for the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maksim with captured Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maksim's Nagant runs out of ammo (after 10(!) shots in a row). Next to him a worker also holds a Nagant (in previous scene this character holds a Bulldog revolver, see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Workers with Nagants carry away wounded Maksim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer aims his Nagant at arrested Natasha Artemyeva (Valentina Kibardina ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer with a Nagant in hand tears away the red banner from the barricade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An NCO at the foreground holds a Nagant in the same scene. Short-barreled Nagant M1895 A Gorodovoy fires a short-barreled Nagant M1895 . It is one of the most early appearances of this version of Nagant on screen. Sources about shortened Nagants vary: were they produced in Russian Empire or this version appeared only in 1920s (this is more credible).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver with 3.3" barrel - 7.62x38R Nagant Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gorodovoy fires a short-barreled Nagant. Rast-Gasser M1898 A Gorodovoy uses a Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver. In reality this Austro-Hungarian revolver wasn't ever issued in Russia.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rast-Gasser M1898 Revolver - 8x27mm Gasser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gorodovoy carries a revolver in hoslter. The shape and angle of the grip match Rast-Gasser revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gorodovoy uses his Rast-Gasser revolver to pistol-whip worker Mishchenko (Aleksandr Chistyakov ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mishchenko manages to disarm his opponent. Bulldog Revolver One of the revolutionary workers is armed with a kind of Bulldog revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley British Bulldog - .45 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A worker on barricade draws a snub nose revolver that appears to be a kind of Bulldog. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the revolver. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Russian Army soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles. Both Infantry and Dragoon versions are seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cavalrymen carry Mannlicher M1895 rifles. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun An aged worker on barricades is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An aged mustached worker readies and aims his shotgun. 
