1944
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Main Cast
Character
Actor
Aino Tammik
Maiken Schmidt
Karl Tammik
Kaspar Velberg
Jüri Jõgi
Kristjan Üksküla
Captain Evald Viires
Ain Mäeots
Ants Saareste
Gert Raudsep
Prohhor Sedõhh
Rain Simmul
1944 Names in Marble ). In occupied Estonia, Karl Tammik, stationed at the Tannenberg Line, fights in the Waffen-SS while Jüri Jõgi has to serve as an officer in the Red Army. Like thousands of their compatriots, the young Estonians somehow want to survive the war and they have no choice. Either they go for the Russian occupiers to arms or stand under Hitler's banner in the Waffen-SS. The fate of the two soldiers exemplifies the story of a whole country that was almost crushed between the mills of two great powers, forced into a war. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
The following weapons were used in the film 1944 :
Handguns Walther P38 The Walther P38 is briefly used by Leonhard "Talu" (Kristo Viiding ) after he has no more machine gun ammunition.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Walther P38 lies under the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Talu takes the pistol as Soviet soldiers approach his position. Tokarev TT-33 The Estonian NKVD commissar Kreml (Peeter Tammearu ) is armed with a Tokarev TT-33 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The TT-33 cleaned by Kreml during a meeting with Jüri Jõgi (Kristjan Üksküla ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kreml is about to take aim his pistol at Captain Viires for disregard of a command. Rifles Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is used by Estonian and German soldiers. Karl Tammik (Kaspar Velberg ) is seen with one at the beginning. The majority of the Karabiner 98ks are equipped with hooded front sights.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karl Tammik runs through trenches repair a telephone cable. Note the hooded front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anton Käärid's (Märt Pius ) Karabiner next to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Raadik (Priit Strandberg ) reloading his Karabiner during a firefight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anton aims the Karabiner at Soviet soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Kar98ks flee from approaching Soviet forces. Mosin Nagant M91/30 Soviet soldiers and members of the Estonian civil defense squad are armed with Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles. Prohhor Sedõhh (Rain Simmul ) uses a Sniper variant.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The bolt is seen on the left meaning that the scene is reversed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The leader of the Defense squad with the rife over his shoulder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anton Käärid aims the rifle at German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of the bolt and the hex receiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope and bent bolt handle - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prohhor Sedõhh aims the rifle at an Estonian soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds his rifle at Alfred and wonders if he lost his mind. Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine A Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine is briefly seen carried by Rudolf Kask (Ivo Uukkivi ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudolf Kask with the Carbine in Tallinn. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view of the barrel. Mosin-Nagant M/28-30 Some Soviet soldiers are armed with Finnish Civil GuardM/28-30 rifles. Estonian Civil Guard members are seen also with this rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Finnish M/28 and M/28-30 rifles - 7.62x54R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clear shot of the front sights. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Four Civil Guards with the rifles are given captured weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers marching in Tallinn with their shouldered Mosins. Tokarev SVT-40 Tokarev SVT-40 rifles are seen by carried Soviet soldiers. Estonian SS soldier Vladimir Kamenski (Karl-Andreas Kalmet ) uses an SVT equipped with PU sniper scope defending the Tannenberg Line.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 with PU sniper scope - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vladimir Kamenski aims the Tokarev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing View through the scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dead Soviet soldier with Tokarev SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier carries the SVT. Submachine Guns MP38 The MP38 is used by Estonian SS soldiers. Karl is briefly seen with one during the trench raid.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maschinenpistole 38 - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Estonian aims his MP38 and waits to open fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of Raadik's MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Estonian secures a Soviet trench with his submachine gun. MP40 An MP40 is very briefly seen being reloaded by the medic of the Estonians. Due to a continuity error, the MP40 turns into an STG-44 when he gives it to Ants Saareste.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maschinenpistole - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MP40 in his hands. Note the different charging handle and muzzle. PPSh-41 Soviet Soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns while Estonian SS soldiers use captured ones.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 71-round drum magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Estonians soldiers infiltrate a trench with their trophy PPShs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The brother of Anton Käärid (Priit Pius ) with PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Heraus! Hände hoch! "Kristjan Üksküla ) forces German soldiers to surrender. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jüri and Captain Evald Viires with PPSh-41s during the search for German soldiers in the woods. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Captain Evald Viires (Ain Mäeots ) takes aim at commissar Kreml. PPS-43 The PPS-43 is also used by Vladimir Kamenski (Karl-Andreas Kalmet ), Abram Joffre (Kristjan Sarv ), Alfred Tuul (Martin Mill ) and several Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vladimir Kamenski awaits a Soviet charge with his PPS-43 submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Soldiers resting in Tallinn. The soldier in the middle is armed with a PPS-43. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abram Joffre taking cover behind a T34/85 with his PPS-43. Error creating thumbnail: File missing After shooting three surrendering German soldiers he is seen reloading. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The PPS in his hands while searching for Germans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the dispute with the commissar he takes aim with his PPS. Assault Rifles Sturmgewehr 44 The Sturmgewehr 44 is used by Estonian soldiers, especially the leader of the SS squad Ants Saareste (Gert Raudsep ) during the trench fighting. After his Sturmgewehr 44 runs empty he exchanged it with a PPSh-41 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Estonian soldier on the left aims his STG-44. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The medic is filling empty magazines with new 7.92x33 cartridges. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ants Saareste before he goes over the top during the night. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Later on, he is seen unlocking the assault rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He empties his STG-44 during the trench raid. Machine Guns MG42 The MG42 is used by Danish and Estonian SS soldiers. Near the end of the movie, German soldiers use this machine gun as well.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karl Tammik loads a 7.92x57mm Mauser belt in the MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leonhard awaits Soviet soldiers with his prepared MG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Danish SS soldier Carl Madsen (Magnús Mariuson ) from the Division "Nordland " mans the MG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier fires the MG42 at approaching Soviets. Note the unhooded front sight of the Kar98k on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Front view of the same soldier firing at Soviet soldiers. MG34 An abandoned MG34 is briefly seen in a German trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MG34 next to its dead user while Soviet soldiers passing by. Degtyaryov DP-27/28 The Degtyaryov DP-28 is used by the support gunner Oskar Lepik (Andero Ermel ) in the Estonian-Soviet squad.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyarov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oskar holds his DP on a Lend-Leased American 1943 GMC CCKW 353 Cargo Truck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the heat of battle, he deploys the bipod... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ... and suppresses German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier next to Capt. Viires carries a DP-27/28. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Having cleared out the German position, Oskar fires at retreating German soldiers. Maxim M1910 A Maxim M1910 is also briefly seen as some Civil Defense Guards desert.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim in the middle towed by the deserters. Degtyaryov DT Soviet T-34/85 tanks are armed with Degtyaryov DT machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Handgrenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate Estonian and German soldiers use Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leonhard readies a Stielhandgranate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A box of stick grenades being towed. Note the different types of the sticks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karl unscrews the cap before the trench raid. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier throws a grenade. F-1 hand grenade Some F-1 hand grenades are used by Soviet soldiers including Anton Käärid.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing An F-1 thrown by a Soviet soldier in the front of the Estonians. Model 39 Eihandgranate A German soldier commits Suicide with a Model 39 Eihandgranate .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German shows Alfred a parting gift. Other Panzerfaust Estonian soldiers use Panzerfausts against the T-34s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing the Panzerfaust at a Soviet tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ants Saareste with a shouldered Panzerfaust. Panzerschreck A German soldier fires a Panzerschreck at a T34/85.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RPzB 54 "Panzerschreck" rocket launcher - 88mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rocket launcher being fired. Stockmine M43 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stockmine M43 "Betonmine". Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5 cm Pak 38 A 5 cm Pak 38 is used by Dutch SS soldiers at the beginning.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun - 50x419mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An overview of the AT-Gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the "Nederland " bracelet on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ejecting a spent shell. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clearer shot of the receiver. 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) A 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) is also seen manned by SS soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82-PM-41 mortar Two 82-PM-41 mortars (BM-41, further development of BM-37 ) can be seen fired by Estonian soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 82mm BM-37 Mortar. BM-41 has generally the same outlook except for the removable wheelbase and the arched construction base plate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 122 mm Howitzer M1938 Soviet soldiers use 122 mm M1938 Howitzers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34/85 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
