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[[Image:Stalker-00-poster.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Stalker (1979)]]
{{Infobox Movie
'''"Stalker"''' is a Russian Language movie by Andrei Tarkovsky.  The movie is loosely based on ''Roadside Picnic (1972)'', a novel by Russian science fiction authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky.  Despite being filmed entirely in Estonia, the film was released internationally under the English Title "Stalker" almost exclusively.  Action takes place in "The Zone", unspecified in time or place. Movie is very peaceful, yet it uses firearms as certain symbols.
|name = Stalker
|picture = Stalker-00-poster.jpg
|caption = ''Original Cinema Poster''
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR
|director = [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]
|date= 1979
|language = Russian
|studio=Mosfilm
|distributor=
|character1=Stalker
|actor1=[[Alexander Kaidanovsky]]
|character2=Writer
|actor2=[[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]
|character3=Professor
|actor3=[[Nikolai Grinko]]
|character4=Stalker's Wife
|actor4=Alisa Freyndlikh
|character5=Martha, Stalker's daughter
|actor5=Natalya Abramova
|character6=Writer's Girlfriend
|actor6=Faime Jurno
|character7=Lyuger
|actor7=E. Kostin
|character8=Guard Patrolman
|actor8=Raymo Rendi
}}


'''The following guns were used in the movie ''Stalker'' '''
'''''Stalker''''' is a 1979 Russian language science fiction film directed by [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]. The movie is loosely based on ''Roadside Picnic'', a 1972 novel by Russian science fiction authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, who also wrote the screenplay. Despite being filmed entirely in Estonia (republic of the Soviet Union at the time), the film was released internationally under the English title ''Stalker''. The film is very peaceful, and instead uses firearms as symbols rather than for action scenes. This film was a partial inspiration for the 2007 video game ''[[S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl]]'', and many of its elements were incorporated into the game. 


==Thompson Submachine Gun ==
The film takes place in "the Zone", an abandoned area with no specific time or location, where the laws of physics and natural science do not apply, the result of what may have been a visit by an extraterrestrial race. The unnamed protagonist ([[Alexander Kaidanovsky]]), known only as "the Stalker", guides two people into the Zone, "the Writer" ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) and "the Professor" ([[Nikolai Grinko]]), who are seeking a room that supposedly grants the wishes of any who enter. As the expedition navigates the various anomalies and hazards of the Zone, the group begins to examine their true desires, both conscious and unconscious, for entering the Zone.


In the dream sequence we can see a [[Thompson Submachine Gun]]  gun submerged in the water. The exact model is hard to say, but most likely an M1928A1 - see note below. Camera is panned from bottom to top in this scene and you do not see whole gun at once. Due to changing camera angle making a panorama of several screencaps does not work too well. One of the guards at the Zone checkpoint is also seen firing one.


It may seem strange to see a US firearm in a Russian movie. However Soviet Union received a number of Thompsons model M1928A1 during WWII as part of lend-lease program. They were included as standard equipment in M3 light tanks, but never used because .45 ACP ammunition was not standard in Russia at the time. Movie makers could have used such military surplus as a prop.
{{Film Title}}
 
[[Image:Stalker-13-top.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Thompson top section. You can see cooling fins introduced in M1928A1 and bolt handle on top of the receiver.]]
[[Image:Stalker-14-mid.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Middle of the gun.]]
[[Image:Stalker-15-grip.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Pistol grip section.]]
[[Image:Stalker-10-guard.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Unidentified rifle.]]


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{{spoilers}}
=Handguns=
==Femaru 37M==
==Femaru 37M==
One of the scenes features Writer taking out WW2-era Hungarian [[Femaru 37M]] before opening a closed door. He is asked to leave it, as "Zone" is not a good place to go around waving weapons. Moments later we see Stalker pushing the pistol further into the water, out of the sight.  
One of the scenes features Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) pulling a WWII-era Hungarian [[Femaru 37M]] before opening a closed door. He is asked to leave it, as the Zone is not a good place to go around waving weapons. Moments, later the Stalker ([[Alexander Kaidanovsky]]) pushes the pistol further into the water, out of sight.
 
[[Image:FEG 37M 1538.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Femaru 37M - 9x17mm Browning Short]]
[[Image:FEG 37M 1538.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Femaru 37M - 9 x 17mm Browning Short]]
[[Image:Stalker-20-colt.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Writer ([[Anatoly Solonitsyn]]) takes out his pistol.]]
[[Image:Stalker-20-colt.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Writer takes out his pistol]]
[[Image:Stalker-21-femaru.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The Femaru 37M just before being pushed into the water. Note the characteristic spur at the magazine's bottom.]]
[[Image:Stalker-21-colt.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Pistol just before being pushed in water. Check spur at magazine bottom.]]
[[Image:Stalker-22-colt.jpg|600px|thumb|none|The last moments of the gun. The slide's features can be seen in this shot.]]
[[Image:Stalker-22-colt.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Last moments of the gun. Slide features can be seen in this shot.]]
 
== unidentified rifles ==
 
When three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, guards start shooting at them. One or two automatic rifles can be seen there.
 
[[Image:Stalker-11-guard.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Another unidentified rifle on a bipod.]]
 
== Atomic bomb ==
 
It is not a firearm per se, but is included here for completness. One of movie heroes carries a 20kt atomic bomb to destroy an artifact in the "The Zone"


[[Image:Stalker-30-bomb.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Atomic bomb.]]
=Submachine Guns=
[[Image:Stalker-31-bomb.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Atomic bomb being armed.]]
==Thompson M1928A1==
A [[M1928A1 Thompson]] is featured, first seen in the hands of guards in the checkpoint, and then up close and in better detail in a dream sequence. The Soviet Union received a number of M1928A1s during WWII as part of the Lend-Lease program, but they were never used because .45 ACP was not standard in Russia at the time. After the war, many of these were converted to prop weapons using 7.62x25mm blank cartridges.
[[File:Thompson-M1928-7.62-MovieProp.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges]]
[[Image:Stalker-10-guard.jpg|600px|thumb|none|A guard with a Thompson.]]
[[Image:Stalker-15-grip.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Pistol grip section of the Thompson during the dream sequence.]]
[[Image:Stalker-14-mid.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Middle of the gun. You can see the adapter for the 7.62x25 magazine, as used in many other Russian films like ''[[Pirates of the XXth Century]]''.]]
[[Image:Stalker-13-top.jpg|600px|thumb|none|Thompson's top section. You can see cooling fins introduced in M1928A1 and bolt handle on top of the receiver.]]


=Machine Guns=
==PK/PKM Machine Gun==
When the three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, the guards start shooting at them. One of them uses a machine gun mounted on a bipod, visibly fed by an ammunition belt coming from a boxy container. Given the firearm's silhouette and the place of origin of the movie, it's possibly a [[PK Machine Gun|PK/PKM Machine Gun]].
[[Image:PKM-mg.jpg|thumb|none|500px|PKM with classic (most commonly seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R]]
[[Image:Stalker-11-guard.jpg|600px|thumb|none|What is possibly a PK/PKM Machine Gun on a bipod is manned by the guard.]]


Note: screencaps are as good as they get, this is not a modern movie with great quality.
==MG34==
An [[MG34]] is briefly seen among wartime ruins and debris in the Zone, inside a wrecked vehicle.
[[Image:mg-34.jpg|thumb|none|500px|MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:Stalker1979-MG34.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An abandoned MG34.]]


[[Category: Movie]]
[[Category:Movie]]
[[Category:Russian Produced/Filmed]]
[[Category:Science-Fiction]]
[[Category:Soviet Produced]]
[[Category:Andrei Tarkovsky]]

Latest revision as of 18:23, 6 May 2021


Stalker
Original Cinema Poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing USSR
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
Release Date 1979
Language Russian
Studio Mosfilm
Main Cast
Character Actor
Stalker Alexander Kaidanovsky
Writer Anatoly Solonitsyn
Professor Nikolai Grinko
Stalker's Wife Alisa Freyndlikh
Martha, Stalker's daughter Natalya Abramova
Writer's Girlfriend Faime Jurno
Lyuger E. Kostin
Guard Patrolman Raymo Rendi


Stalker is a 1979 Russian language science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The movie is loosely based on Roadside Picnic, a 1972 novel by Russian science fiction authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, who also wrote the screenplay. Despite being filmed entirely in Estonia (republic of the Soviet Union at the time), the film was released internationally under the English title Stalker. The film is very peaceful, and instead uses firearms as symbols rather than for action scenes. This film was a partial inspiration for the 2007 video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, and many of its elements were incorporated into the game.

The film takes place in "the Zone", an abandoned area with no specific time or location, where the laws of physics and natural science do not apply, the result of what may have been a visit by an extraterrestrial race. The unnamed protagonist (Alexander Kaidanovsky), known only as "the Stalker", guides two people into the Zone, "the Writer" (Anatoly Solonitsyn) and "the Professor" (Nikolai Grinko), who are seeking a room that supposedly grants the wishes of any who enter. As the expedition navigates the various anomalies and hazards of the Zone, the group begins to examine their true desires, both conscious and unconscious, for entering the Zone.



The following weapons were used in the film Stalker (1979):


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Handguns

Femaru 37M

One of the scenes features Writer (Anatoly Solonitsyn) pulling a WWII-era Hungarian Femaru 37M before opening a closed door. He is asked to leave it, as the Zone is not a good place to go around waving weapons. Moments, later the Stalker (Alexander Kaidanovsky) pushes the pistol further into the water, out of sight.

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Femaru 37M - 9x17mm Browning Short
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Writer (Anatoly Solonitsyn) takes out his pistol.
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The Femaru 37M just before being pushed into the water. Note the characteristic spur at the magazine's bottom.
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The last moments of the gun. The slide's features can be seen in this shot.

Submachine Guns

Thompson M1928A1

A M1928A1 Thompson is featured, first seen in the hands of guards in the checkpoint, and then up close and in better detail in a dream sequence. The Soviet Union received a number of M1928A1s during WWII as part of the Lend-Lease program, but they were never used because .45 ACP was not standard in Russia at the time. After the war, many of these were converted to prop weapons using 7.62x25mm blank cartridges.

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M1928A1 Thompson, converted for using MP40 magazines fitted for 7.62x25 blank cartridges
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A guard with a Thompson.
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Pistol grip section of the Thompson during the dream sequence.
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Middle of the gun. You can see the adapter for the 7.62x25 magazine, as used in many other Russian films like Pirates of the XXth Century.
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Thompson's top section. You can see cooling fins introduced in M1928A1 and bolt handle on top of the receiver.

Machine Guns

PK/PKM Machine Gun

When the three movie protagonists illegally enter the Zone through a checkpoint, the guards start shooting at them. One of them uses a machine gun mounted on a bipod, visibly fed by an ammunition belt coming from a boxy container. Given the firearm's silhouette and the place of origin of the movie, it's possibly a PK/PKM Machine Gun.

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PKM with classic (most commonly seen) version of the flash hider - 7.62x54mm R
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What is possibly a PK/PKM Machine Gun on a bipod is manned by the guard.

MG34

An MG34 is briefly seen among wartime ruins and debris in the Zone, inside a wrecked vehicle.

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MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser
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An abandoned MG34.