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The Liberation of Prague

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The Liberation of Prague
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DVD Cover
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czechoslovakia
Directed by Otakar Vávra
Release Date 1978
Language Czech, Slovak, German, Russian, English
Studio Filmové studio Barrandov, Deutsche Film (DEFA), Mosfilm
Main Cast
Character Actor
Lt. Karel Horák Jirí Krampol
2Lt Anka Kadlecová Renáta Doleželová
Standa Horák Vítezslav Jandák
Antonín Horák Jaroslav Rozsíval
dr. Václav Vacek Vladimír Šmeral
Gen. Ludvík Svoboda Ladislav Chudík
Gen. Kutlvasr Jirí Plachý
Broadcaster Vladimír Brabec
Protectorat´s officer Jan Preucil
Gen. SS Pückler Horst Preusker



The Liberation of Prague (original: Osvobození Prahy) is Czechoslovak war film from the period of the Prague uprising directed by Otakar Vávra in 1978. The film has no central hero and as a continuation to the previous of Vávra´s movie titled Sokolovo, stand out in it also the characters from the film - Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová) and Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol). The film was made for the propaganda of a 30th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army. In a cinema, however, came with a delay. Therefore, the German actor who played the commander of the SS troops in Bohemia and Moravia Horst Preusker died before its premiere.



The following guns were used in the 1978 Czechoslovak film The Liberation of Prague:

Pistols

Walther P38

At the end of the war the Nazis used as the service arms for officers mainly a Walther P38 pistols.

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Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm
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A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) soldier executes a captured insurgent with his Walther P38.
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SS General Pückler (Horst Preusker) commits suicide with his P38.

CZ 27

The officer of the government troops (Jan Preucil) holds his issue CZ 27 pistol.

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CZ 27 - .32 ACP
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Submachine guns

MP40

The MP40 submachine gun is widely used by German soldiers and resistance fighters.

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MP40 - 9mm.
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A German soldier aims his MP40 from the hip.
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A Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) carries his MP40.
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A Czech insurgent is seen with an MP40.

PPSh-41

Red Army and Czechoslovak soldiers were armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns.

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Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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A Russian soldier helps a wounded comrade with a PPSh-41 slung on his back.
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Karel Horák (Jirí Krampol), a Czech soldier fires his PPSh-41.
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Anka Kadlecová (Renáta Doleželová) carries a slung PPSh-41.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Karabiner 98k rifles captured from the Germans are the standard insurgent weapons.

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Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm
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Standa Horák (Vítezslav Jandák), a Czech insurgent, fires his Kar98k.
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Machine guns

MG34

The MG34 machine guns is used by the Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops.

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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
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German troops prepare an MG34.
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Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun

Soviet troops also use the Degtyaryov DP Series Machine Gun.

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Degtyarev DP-28 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
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A Soviet soldier fires on hidden Germans.
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Other

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The resistance also also use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate.

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Model 24 Stielhandgranate
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Panzerfaust

The insurgents use the Panzerfaust as their defense against German armoured vehicles. They are shown firing them from the shoulder bazooka-style, rather than the official under-the-arm method.

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Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead
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A resistance fighter aims a Panzerfaust from behind a barricade.
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A Soviet soldier uses a Panzerfaust during street fighting.