| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord! |
| If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here. |
The Death of Stalin: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
(→AK-47) |
||
| Line 63: | Line 63: | ||
[[File:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type III AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]] | [[File:Ak 54.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Type III AK-47 with prototype slab sided magazine - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[File:DOS Guard AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Stalin's dacha with an AK-47.]] | [[File:DOS Guard AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard at Stalin's dacha with an AK-47.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"All right, boys, meet your dates for tonight."''<br>Georgy Zhukov ([[Jason Isaacs]]) opens up his overcoat to reveal two AKs.<br>'''N.B.''' Historically, General Moskalenko, not Zhukov, | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"All right, boys, meet your dates for tonight."''<br>Georgy Zhukov ([[Jason Isaacs]]) opens up his overcoat to reveal two AKs.<br>'''N.B.''' Historically, General Moskalenko, not Zhukov, snuck a gun into the Kremlin to arrest Beria, while Zhukov was barred from carrying a weapon.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Army AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"I'll take the tall blonde"''.<br>Leonid Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) selects one of the rifles.<br>'''N.B.''' Although Brezhnev was a major general in the Red Army at the end of World War II, he had been a civilian since 1946.]] | [[File:DOS Army AK47.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"I'll take the tall blonde"''.<br>Leonid Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) selects one of the rifles.<br>'''N.B.''' Although Brezhnev was a major general in the Red Army at the end of World War II, he had been a civilian since 1946.]] | ||
[[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Hands up or I'll shoot you in the fucking face!"''<br>Zhukov leads the coup.]] | [[File:DOS Zhukov AK47 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|''"Hands up or I'll shoot you in the fucking face!"''<br>Zhukov leads the coup.]] | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 25 October 2021
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Death of Stalin is a 2017 satirical black comedy directed by Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, In the Loop, Veep) and based on the French graphic novel La mort de Staline. Set in the Soviet Union in 1953, the film depicts the power struggle following the death of Joseph Stalin.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS SPOILERS!
The following weapons were used in the film The Death of Stalin:
Sidearms
Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 is used by officers of the Red Army and NKVD. Vasily Stalin (Rupert Friend) carries a TT-33 with silver grips.
N.B. Historically, Beria was shot by Colonel-General Pavel Batitsky; six other NKVD officers were tried and executed at the same time, but shot by firing squad, separately from Beria.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
The PPSh-41 is carried by NKVD soldiers. All the PPSh-41s in the movie have 71-round drum magazines.
Assault Rifles
AK-47
The AK-47 is used by Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) (incorrectly referred to as Field Marshal in the movie) and other Red Army officers and soldiers during the coup against Beria. One of Stalin's guards carries an AK-47.
Georgy Zhukov (Jason Isaacs) opens up his overcoat to reveal two AKs.
N.B. Historically, General Moskalenko, not Zhukov, snuck a gun into the Kremlin to arrest Beria, while Zhukov was barred from carrying a weapon.
Leonid Brezhnev (Gerald Lepkowski) selects one of the rifles.
N.B. Although Brezhnev was a major general in the Red Army at the end of World War II, he had been a civilian since 1946.
Zhukov leads the coup.
Zhukov, on guard, with an AK-47, remarks on the portrait of Secretary Malenkov (Jeffrey Tambor) mounted on the lavatory wall.
Battle Rifles
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Red Army soldiers carry the Mosin Nagant M91/30. Red Army guards at Stalin's funeral have rifles with bayonets fixed.
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Red Army and NKVD soldiers can be seen using the Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine.
SKS
Red Army and NKVD soldiers use the SKS.
Machine Guns
Maxim M1910/30
The Maxim M1910/30 is used by NKVD soldiers at a checkpoint.
