Deserter (Dezertir)
Original Poster
Deserter Dezertir ) is a 1933 Soviet B&W film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin . A young Hamburg worker Karl Renn (Boris Livanov) is a member of the German Communist party, but he doesn't show courage in the direct struggle with strikebreakers and police and even deserts a picket-line. His elder comrade Ludwig Zelle chooses Karl as a member of the delegation to the Soviet Union. Karl works together with Soviet workers on a mechanical plant but when gets news that Zelle is killed by police, he returns to Germany and becomes an active member of the struggle.
The following weapons were used in the film Deserter (Dezertir) :
Rifles Karabiner 1888 Several German mounted policemen, dispersing the workers demonstration, carry Karabiner 1888s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 1888 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mounted policeman carries a Karabiner 88. The guarded front sight is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The magazine can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the policemen carries a Karabiner 88. Mannlicher M1895 Short Rifle Several mounted policemen carry Mannlicher M1895 short rifles that are Stutzen riflemen short rifles or cavalry carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Steyr Repertier-Stutzen M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher. M1895 cavalry carbine looks nearly the same. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mounted policeman at the left carries a Mannlicher short rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mounted policeman at the left carries a Mannlicher short rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mounted policeman attacks Greta Zelle who carries the red banner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Typical Mannlicher stacking rod is seen. Note that the image is mirrored. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mannlicher magazine can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A decent view of the rifle. Karabiner 98a One of the policemen carries a Karabiner 98a , identified by the distinctive stacking hook just below the upper barrel band.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbine - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serbian Mauser M1908 Carbine (?) One of the policeman carries a short rifle that is possibly a Serbian Mauser M1908 Carbine .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Serbian Mauser M1908 Carbine - 7x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A policeman at the foreground carries a rifle with pistol gripped stock, guarded front sight and turned down bolt handle. Unidentified infantry rifles Reichswehr soldiers, guarding the strikebreakers, carry full-length rifles with long bayonets. These rifles are seen only in distance and cannot be identified.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry rifles with bayonets. These thin and long bayonets with hooked quillion mostly resemble French patterns, issued for Lebel and Berthier rifles. Unidentified cavalry rifles Mounted policemen also carry unidentified short rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mounted policemen carry unidentified Mauser-style short rifles. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DT A T-27 tankette, armed with a Degtyaryov DT machine gun, is standing it for an armoured vehicle of German police, used against rioting dockers in Hamburg. This scene was reused in 1938 film Esli zavtra voyna
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hull-mounted DT on the T-27 tankette. This is the early version of the machine gun that has cooling fins on the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rioter tries to stop the vehicle but is gunned down point blank. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-27 tankette. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tupolev TB-3 heavy bombers fly over the Soviet city during the celebration of the International Workers' Day. 
