Wait for John Grafton (Gaidiet "Dzonu Graftonu"): Difference between revisions
Wait for John Grafton (Gaidiet "Dzonu Graftonu"): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Wait for John Grafton (Gaidiet "Dzonu Graftonu"): Difference between revisions
[[Nagant M1895]] revolvers are used by revolutionaries and Russian Special Corps of Gendarmes personnel. Most revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
[[Nagant M1895]] revolvers are used by revolutionaries and Russian Special Corps of Gendarmes personnel. Most revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
[[Image:Nagant-1895.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.]]
[[Image:Nagant-1895.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.]]
[[File:Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu-Nagant-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A gendarme fires at escaping Heinrich Adelberg (Juozas Budraitis).]]
[[File:Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu-Nagant-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A gendarme fires at escaping Heinrich Adelberg ([[Juozas Budraitis]]).]]
[[File:Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu-Nagant-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gendarmery Col. Leonid Rataev ([[Jonas Pakulis]]) holds a Nagant when he secretly meets his agent, infiltrated in revolutionary organisation.]]
[[File:Gaidiet Dzonu Graftonu-Nagant-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Gendarmery Col. Leonid Rataev ([[Jonas Pakulis]]) holds a Nagant when he secretly meets his agent, infiltrated in revolutionary organisation.]]
Wait for John Grafton (original Latvian title Gaidiet "Džonu Graftonu", Russian title Zhdite "Dzhona Graftona") is a Soviet Latvian 1979 made for TV historical movie directed by Andris Rozenbergs. It depicts so called "Grafton Affair", the unsuccessful attempt of Finnish (in the movie - Latvian) revolutionaries to smuggle large quantities of firearms into Russian Empire on board of SS John Grafton in July-September 1905.
The following weapons were used in the film Wait for John Grafton (Gaidiet "Dzonu Graftonu"):
Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by revolutionaries and Russian Special Corps of Gendarmes personnel. Most revolvers are of anachronistic post-1930 version.
A custom Nagant M1895 revolver with a very short sawn-off barrel is a personal handgun of British sailor David Blake (Roland Zagorskis), crewmember of John Grafton (SPOILER! Highlight to see description)who is in reality Russian Navy officer Vsevolod, infiltrated in the crew. Possibly same movie prop was reused four years later in Mirage TV series, also filmed by Riga Studio.
Anachronistic TT-33 appears in several scenes, possibly standing for similar looking FN Model 1903. TTs are used by revolutionaries Christophor Krasilnikov (Juris Plavins) and Reppo (Andris Mekss). Due to a continuity error, Captain Jackson's (Viktors Sildknehts) Sauer Model 1913 switches to a TT when Krasilnikov disarms the crew.
Christophor Krasilnikov's (Juris Plavins) main firearm is a Mauser C96 pistol. It can be identified as a 1912 version (also known as Wartime Commercial), anachronistic for 1905.
In the scene in London Reppo (Andris Mekss) carries a heavily anachronistic Browning Hi-Power pistol. A Hi-Power is also seen when Krasilnikov (Juris Plavins) disarms the crew of John Grafton. The pistol appears to be P-35 version.
An anachronistic Sauer Model 1913 is a personal firearm of Captain Jackson (Viktors Sildknehts). When Krasilnikov (Juris Plavins) disarms the crew, the pistol switches to a TT-33 and then back again.
