"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night
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"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night "Ciklons" saksies nakti , Russian title "Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu ) is a Soviet Latvian 1967 (filmed 1966) made for TV war movie directed by Ada Neretniece and based on the novel by Dmitriy Morozov. In Autumn 1944 German intelligence service attempts to organize sabotage groups that would act behind Soviet lines in Carpathian mountains. Capt. Schwartzbruck must be transferred across the front line in order to coordinate the "Operation Cyclone". Soviet agent, acting under the name of German officer Liebel, starts his own activities in order to prevent "Cyclone".
The following weapons were used in the film "Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) :
Pistols TT-33 Soviet intellegence agent Michel (Pyotr Gorin ) carries a TT-33 when he impersonates Capt. Schwartzbruck. Maj. Melnichenko (Yuriy Bogolyubov ) holds a TT during the operation against a German group.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake Schwartzbruck, dressed in Soviet uniform, carries a TT in holster. Note that the spare magazine carrier is empty which hardly can be in reality. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oberleutnant Willi Krueger (Lev Perfilov ) confiscates Michel's pistol.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melnichenko holds a TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Melnichenko puts the pistol back in holster. Luger P08 Michel (Pyotr Gorin ) holds a Luger P08 in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel holds a Luger in the scene in Liebel's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grip of Michel's Luger is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel holds a Luger, taken from Krueger during the surrender of Krueger's group in Carpathians. When Krueger held the pistol in previous moment, it was a P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel drops the pistol. Walther P38 Soviet intellegence agent, acting as Oberleutnant Liebel (Anatoliy Romashin ), Capt. Otto Erich Schwartzbruck (Leonid Satanovskiy), Oberleutnant Willi Krueger (Lev Perfilov ) and SS Hauptscharfuhrer Rodenstock (Janis Melderis ), carry Walther P38 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Schwartzbruck fires at Liebel and Michel in the scene in Liebel's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liebel holds his P38 in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liebel carries an universal holster for P08 and P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodenstock holds Michel-Schwartzbruck at gunpoint while waiting for a radio message confirming Schwartzbruck's credentials. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodenstock, disguised as a Soviet Sergeant, examines his pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rodenstock confronts radio operator Mikola Sklyaniy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Krueger, dusguised as a Soviet Sergeant, fires at Rodenstock, suspecting him in treachery. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Krueger with a P38. Walther PPK SS Obersturmfuhrer Frau Kraemer (Velta Line ) holds a Walther PPK .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Early Waffenamt marked Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kraemer loads her PPK. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Many Soviet soldiers and German soldiers in Soviet uniform are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns. Some PPSh are fitted with box magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier carries a PPSh while he bandages Maj. Melnichenko's hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some German soldiers of Krueger's group are disguised as Soviet escorts, armed with PPSh-41s, while others depict POWs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier holds a PPSh with stick magazine during the capture of Krueger's group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier with a PPSh in same scene. PPS-43 Some Soviet soldiers and officers, including Maj. Melnichenko (Yuriy Bogolyubov ) and his aide, a Lieutenant (Stanislav Korenev ), are armed with PPS-43 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant with PPS-43 at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant arrests radio operator Sklyaniy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPS is seen next to the body of a soldier, gunned by Rodenstock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPS-43s during the capture of Krueger's group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Melnichenko carries a PPS-43. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of Melnichenko's PPS. MP40 Gelena (Ausma Dragone), a Carpathian young woman who helps Soviet troops, carries an MP40 . Michel (Pyotr Gorin ) is also seen with MP40. MP40s are used by German soldiers in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with MP40 on partol in Berlin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unterfeldwebel Gatenberg (Arnolds Milbrets) carries an MP40.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel takes an MP40 from Gelena. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS-man carries an MP40 when Michel-Schwartzbruck meets German group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gelena watches German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gelena holds her MP40 when she meets Maj. Melnichenko. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gelena fires at Rodenstock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel covertly removes magazines from MP40s. Trivia Holsters Some characters carry holsters for pistols that doesn't appear in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Michel carries a holster for Makarov PM . It looks empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unterfeldwebel Gatenberg carries a mockup of German universal pistol holster.BTR-152 A post-war BTR-152 APC is seen in one scene. It can be used as a substitution for Lend-Lease M3/M5 half-tracks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A BTR-152 with Soviet soldiers on mountain road. Documentary footage is used for the depiction of the air bombing of railway station near Berlin.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing North American B-25 Mitchell in action. Browning M2 Aircraft machine guns in nose and dorsal mountings are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Messerschmitt Bf.109G in action. This is an intercepter version with a pair of 20mm MG 151/20 autocannons installed in conformal gun pods under the wings. These guns are installed in addition to standard central MG 151/20 and two MG131 machine guns (the bulges in the cowling, covering the machine guns, are seen). 
