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Kostja and the Radioman
Modern DVD Cover
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Kostja
Frank Kürschner
Anja
Sylvia Schneider
Kostja's Mother
Waltraud Kramm
Wolodja, the radioman
Rainer Büttner
Pawel
Wolfgang Hosfeld
Galina
Helga Sasse
Kostja and the Radioman Kostja und der Funker ) is an East German B&W 1975 made for TV war movie directed by Fred Noczynski. During WW2 teenage boy Kostja lives in Nazi occupied Soviet town. He wants to join partisans but he is told that he's under age. But when Kostja finds gravely wounded Soviet radioman, he, being an amateur radio operator, replaces that man in his secret mission.
The following weapons were used in the film Kostja and the Radioman (Kostja und der Funker) :
Pistols FEG 37M Radioman Wolodja's (Rainer Büttner) personal handgun is a FEG 37M . Kostja (Frank Kürschner) takes the pistol but then it switches to a Walther PP (see below).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hungarian-issued Femaru 37M - 9x17mm Browning Short Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Wolodja draws his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostja hides the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostja holds the pistol. In the following scene it switches to a Walther PP. Walther PP Kostja's (Frank Kürschner) FEG 37M switches to a Walther PP , then to an unknown pistol (see below) and then againt to Walther.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing War Time Walther PP - 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostja with a Walther PP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostja is shot and drops his pistol. Walther P38 Gestapo operatives SS Scharfuhrer Herzmann (Alexander Wikarski) and SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Stauffer (Wolfgang Lohse) carry Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Herzmann fires at escaping radioman Wolodja. Next to him a soldier holds a 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Herzmann is shot by Pawel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stauffer holds a P38. Unidentified pistol For a very short time Kostja (Frank Kürschner) holds an unidentified pistol that switches from Walther PP and is in turn again replaced with a Walther. The pistol appears to be hammerless; its trigger guard is placed very close to the muzzle, resembling pocket pistols of FN Model 1905 family, but it's larger than .25 caliber pocket pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kostja is shot and drops his pistol. Next moment it switches back to Walther PP. TT-33 (mockup) Soviet underground fighter Pawel (Wolfgang Hosfeld) uses a TT-33 pistol in shootout with SS Scharfuhrer Herzmann. The pistol appears to be not a real gun but a mockup, possibly a plastic toy gun.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pawel "fires" at Herzmann. Submachine Guns MP40 Several German soldiers are armed with MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier on motorcycle is armed with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same soldier (this scene is also seen on DVD cover). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with MP40 in a car. Rilfes Karabiner 98k German soldiers are mostly armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier with 98k rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same soldier with 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard on military factory. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Feldgendarmerie (Wehrmacht military police) NCO carries a universal holster for P08 and P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS Scharfuhrer Herzmann carries a holster for a compact pistol that doesn't fit his P38. Soviet wartime documentary footage is used in the movie.
PPSh-41 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh-41 is seen at the bottom left on the photo of Soviet partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh is seen in hands of a Soviet soldier at the left. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are seen in hands of Soviet partisans.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers, mostly armed with M91/30 rifles, cross a pontoon bridge. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Crewmembers of ZiS-3 field gun carry Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines . Simonov AVS-36 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Simonov AVS-36 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the foreground right carries what appears to be an AVS-36 (note the magazine, too large for SVT-38/40). Tokarev SVT-40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two or three SVT-40 rifles (one at the right, one or two at the left) are seen in hands of Soviet partisans. Degtyaryov DT Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Degtyaryov DT machine gun is seen mounted on KV-1S heavy tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DT is seen mounted on T-34 tank. 45mm M-42 AT Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1942 (M-42) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45mm AT gun M-42 is seen at the foreground.76.2mm ZiS-3 Field Gun Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZiS-3 divisional gun - 76.2x385mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2mm ZiS-3 field gun during river crossing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZiS-3 is seen at the background. T-34 Tank Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 crosses the river, carrying infantry. KV-1S Tank Error creating thumbnail: File missing KV-1S heavy tanks on march. 
