Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse): Difference between revisions
Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse): Difference between revisions
Black Sun (the direct translation of the original title Chyornoye solntse) is a 1970 Soviet historical drama directed by Aleksei Speshnev. The story depicts the life and death of Robert Moussombe, the leader of some unnamed African state. The main character is a fictionalised depiction of Patrice Lumumba, and the events mostly follow the Congo Crisis in 1960s. Some other characters also have real life prototypes, like Dag Hammarskjold for John Bart, or Moise Tshombe for Jacques Loup.
The following weapons were used in the film Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse):
Various nondescript pistols are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMercenaries holds pistols during the confrontation on airfield. A Luger is seen at the background, while two pistols on the foreground are unidentified.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn officer of local troops holds a pistol during the coup d'etat. The general shape of the pistol resemles the first model of Browning Hi-Power with ajustable sight.Error creating thumbnail: File missingA mercenary holds a pistol, possibly the same Astra-looking gun that was seen in the scene on airfield.
Numerous Sturmgewehr 44 are seen in the movie. They are visually modified (in two different versions) in order to resemble more modern guns, like FN FAL. These mockups, made on Belarusfilm studios, are different from Mosfilm fake M16, often seen in Soviet movies.
The first model lacks the buttstock, sometilmes these guns are fitted with longer stick magazines. The general outlook resembles Vigneron SMG, widely used during the Congo Crisis.
The second model retains the buttstock thought sometimes the standard one is replaced with a custom. The barrel is fitted with a cover that makes the gun to bear distant resemblance with FN FAL.
