The Paris Commune (Zori Parizha)The Paris Commune (Zori Parizha) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Paris Commune (Zori Parizha)
The Paris Commune (USA theatrical release title; the original title Zori Parizha ("Dawn of Paris")) is a 1936 Soviet B&W historical movie, directed by Grigoriy Roshal. It depicts the events of Paris Commune in 1871.
The following weapons were used in the film The Paris Commune (Zori Parizha):
While in battle, Karl Steiper's (Viktor Stanitsyn) Lefaucheux revolver is substituted with some other model. Similar looking revolvers are seen in another scenes. These revolvers (possibly a single movie prop) bear distant resemblance with Nagant M1895 though the barrel is too long and the grip is nearly vertical.
What appear to be Percussion Cap Pistols of unclear model are briefly seen in hands of Paris National Guard soldiers. In one scene Monsieur Vesset (Naum Rogozhin) fires a percussion cap pistol.
Gras Model 1874 rifles are used by both Paris National Guard and French Army soldiers. They stand for historically correct Chassepot 1866 rifles that have very similar outlook. Gras rifles were highly available for filmmakers as 450,000 Gras were purchased by Russian Army during the WW1, and a lot of them were still at hand in mid-1930s. Most rifles are fitted with Mle 1874 bayonets though Mle 1866 Yataghan sword bayonets are also seen.
All cannons of National Guard are heavily outdated muzzle-loading smoothbore guns (the real cannons of the time of Franco-Prussian War and Paris Commune were breach-loading). The cannons appear to be genuine weapon of Napoleonic era, not mockups, used in movies of later times. Their size and shape match Russian M1805 12-pounder field gun.
