Walter Defends Sarajevo (Valter brani Sarajevo)
Original Poster
Walter Defends Sarajevo (Valter brani Sarajevo ) is a 1972 Yugoslavian partisan film directed by Hajrudin Krvavac and starring Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic as "Walter", the commander of Yugoslavian partisans in Sarajevo in Autumn 1944. Walter's group has the mission to break the fuel supply from Sarajevo to the troops of Wehrmacht Heeresgruppe E that starts retreat from the Balkans. Meanwhile SS-Standartenführer Von Dietrich (Hannjo Hasse ) infiltrates his agent in the partisan group.
The following weapons were used in the film Walter Defends Sarajevo (Valter brani Sarajevo) :
Revolvers
Arminius HW-3
Sead Kapetanovic (Rade Markovic ) uses the anachronistic Arminius HW-3 revolver during the shootout at the clock tower.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kapetanovic draws the revolver from the cache in
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Smith & Wesson Military & Police
What appears to be the Smith & Wesson Military & Police is used by Suri (Slobodan Dimitrijevic ) in one scene.
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Pistols
Walther P38
Walther P38 pistols are widely used by Wehrmacht and SS officers, Gestapo agents and Yugoslavian partisans, notably by Walter (Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ), Suri (Slobodan Dimitrijevic ), Zis (Ljubisa Samardzic ) and Kondor (Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Malisa (Igor Galo ) fires the P38 at Gestapo agents.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A plainclothes Gestapo agent (Zlatko Madunic ) fires the P38.
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Vis wz. 35
When Walter (Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ) is arrested by the German patrol, the Vis wz. 35 is taken from him.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German NCO disarms Walter.
Beretta M1934
In one scene Kondor (Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra ) fires the pistol that appears to be the Beretta M1934 .
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Beretta M1951
Ivan (Voja Miric ) fires anachronistic Beretta M1951 during the shootout with Gestapo agents.
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TT-33/Zastava M57
In the final scene SS-Hauptsturmführer Bischoff (Rolf Römer ) holds the pistol that is possibly the TT-33 or Zastava M57 instead of his previously used Walther P38 .
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CZ 50
The Gestapo agent (Zoran Becic ) holds CZ 50 during the shootout at the clock tower. Briefly seen in Mirna's (Neda Spasojevic) drawer. It is taken from her by Zis (Ljubisa Samardzic ).
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Submachine Guns
MP40
Most German soldiers are armed with MP40s . MP40s are also widely used by the partisans, including Walter (Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ), Suri (Slobodan Dimitrijevic ), Zis (Ljubisa Samardzic ) and Boro (Boro Begovic ).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A group of partisans, disguised as the German Feldgendarmerie patrol with MP40s).
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan of Walter's group fires the MP40. The blank firing muzzle adapter is seen.
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MP38
In the final scene Suri (Slobodan Dimitrijevic ) uses the MP38 , captured from a German soldier.
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Sten Mk III
The Sten Mk III is found when Germans perform search in Zis' workshop.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German soldier finds the SMG in cache.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Feldgendarmerie NCO holds the Sten.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Some German soldiers carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k rifles stacked in pyramid are seen at the left.
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Machine Guns and Autocannons
MG42
MG42 machine guns are used by German soldiers in several scenes. During the shootout at the clock tower Walter (Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ) captures the MG42.
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Degtyaryov DT
Degtyaryov DT machine guns are mounted on T-34-85 tanks that stand for German tanks.
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2cm FlaK 30
What appears to be the 2cm FlaK 30 is seen in the opening scene.
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Flakvierling 38
Several Flakvierling 38 quad mountings are seen in Sarajevo.
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Trivia
Armour
T-34-85 tanks, SU-100 SPGs and M3 Scout Car APCs stand for German armoured vehicles. They aren't visually modified, unlike many other WW2 movies.
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10.5 cm LeFH 18/40 Field Howitzer
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