Night Over Chile
Original Russian Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Manuel Valdivia
Grigore Grigoriu
Juan Gonzalez
Giuli Chokhonelidze
"Senator"
Baadur Tsuladze
Rolando Machuka
Sadykh Gusejnov
Don Carlos
Vytautas Kancleris
Esperanza
Mariya Sagaidak
Orlando
Leon Kukulyan
The Junta officer
Roman Khomyatov
Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili ) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Sebastián Alarcón and Aleksandr Kosarev. The film depicts the events of the Chilean coup d'etat in September 1973. The young architect Manuel Valdivia (Grigore Grigoriu ) considers himself far from politics, but he is arrested on a false denunciation of belonging to a communist organization. He is held in a concentration camp at the National Stadium and is subjected to torture and a staged execution.
The following weapons were used in the film Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili) :
Pistols Walther P38 Chilean officers (Roman Khomyatov and Islam Kaziyev ) are armed with Walther P38 pistols, carried in US Army M1916 holster for M1911 pistols. Several more officers and NCOs as well as the carabiniers (military police) carry M1916 holsters but they all seem empty.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer (Roman Khomyatov ) arrests Manuel's friend. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same officer holds Manuel at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip of the pistol is seen in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer fires in air. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer fires at Juan Gonzalez. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another officer (Islam Kaziyev ) carries a P38 in holster. Rohm RG3 During the search of the arrested people, one of them drops a pocket pistol. This gun is a starter pistol Rohm RG3S.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is seen on the pavement. Submachine Guns Thompson M1928A1 (visually modified as SIG SG 510) Chilean soldiers are mostly armed with Thompson M1928A1 submachine guns, visually modified to resemble SIG SG 510-4 rifles, the real weapon of the Chilean military in 1970s. Thompsons are fitted with mockup barrels, styled after SG 510-4 with its typical muzzle grenade launcher, and with large box magazines. Strangely, these props weren't used in later Alarcón's films about Chile, like Santa Esperansa Yaguar
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928A1 Thompson with 30-round magazine - .45ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: SIG SG 510-4 Battle Rifle - 7.62x51mm NATO Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier patrols the street. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier breaks the glass of a car with the buttstock of his gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries the visually modified Thompson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with visually modified Thompsons (Nartai Begalin at the background). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sergeant (Yuriy Gusev ) holds a visually modified Thompson in the night scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Guards on the National Stadium. Note the damaged fake magazine (supposedly made of tin or something like it) on the Thompson at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the real barrel and the mockup SG 501-4 style extention. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with a visually modified Thompson jumps from a lorry. Rifles and Assault Rifles M1 Carbine Carabiniers (military police) are mostly armed with M1 Carbines .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Era M1 Carbine, with Dark Walnut Stock, 'L' peep sight and no bayonet lug - .30 Carbine Error creating thumbnail: File missing A carabinier at the far right holds an M1 Carbine. He also carries a white M1916 holster on the belt, most likely a US MP pattern. The holster itself seems to be empty. Also note that the carabinier wears a WWII era gas mask. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Carbines in hands of carabiniers in the scene on the National Stadium. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A slightly blurry, due to fast motion, view of the barrel of an M1 Carbine. Mauser Gewehr 1898 and 1898M Many soldiers are armed with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles. Most of the screen guns have conventional tangent-leaf sight instead of Lange-Visier so they are post-WWI version G98M. The real Mauser rifle of the Chilean military was M1895 that has a quite different appearance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898M - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds a Gewehr 98. The straight bolt handle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the firing squad load their rifles. A Kar 98b is seen at the foregound while the rifle of the second soldier is a Gewehr 98 (note the parade hook on the top barrel band). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers take aim. Two Gewehr 98 at the foreground have tangent-leaf sights, while the fourth rifle is a G98 with Lange-Visier rear sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Three rifles are G98, and two (the third and the fifth) are Kar 98b. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of a Gewehr 98 is partially seen at the right. Mauser Karabiner 98b Karabiner 98b rifles, identified by turned down bolt handles and the lack of parade hooks which are present on G98, are also used by the soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98b - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier escorts a detained man. The rifle lacks the parade hook on the top barrel band, so it must be a Kar 98b. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel of a Kar 98b in hands of a soldier in the jeep. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left holds a Kar 98b. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the soldiers, jumping from the lorry, holds a Kar 98b. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the firing squad with Kar 98b rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the firing squad load their rifles. A Kar 98b is seen at the foregound while the rifle of the second soldier is a Gewehr 98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the bolt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldiers take aim. Three rifles are G98, and two (the third and the fifth) are Kar 98b. Lebel Mle 1886 Some soldiers are armed with Lebel Mle 1886 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lebel Mle 1886 - 8x50mmR Lebel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with Lebel rifles atop a BTR-60PB APC. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Running soldiers hold Lebel rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with Lebel rifles ride atop a BTR-60PB. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the barrel of a Lebel rifle of one of these soldiers. Sturmgewehr 44 Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles are briefly seen in hands of soldiers in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in the jeep at the left holds an StG 44. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same soldier with an StG 44. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires a StG 44 in the scene on the National Stadium. Machine Guns Browning wz. 1928 Browning wz. 1928 light machine guns, both portable and mounted on a tripod, are seen in several scenes, notably used by the guards of the concentration camp on the National Stadium.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Browning wz. 1928 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Browning wz. 28 on tripod mounting is installed in a jeep. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A perfect view of the Browning wz. 28, mounted on the tripod of MG34 . The rear sight is removed from the machine gun. This machine gun is seen firing on screen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires from inside the driver's compartment BTR-60 APC. The machine gun lacks the rear sight so it is possibly the same prop that is seen tripod-mounted in earlier scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same machine gun fires from a side hatch of the BTR-60. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Browning wz. 28 on a tripod. This machine gun has the rear sight on place. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sergeant (a cameo of film director Sebastián Alarcón ) aims the machine gun on the demonstration. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the barrel. MG34 MG34 machine guns are seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 on tripod is seen at the left.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum Gurtrommel 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in the BTR-40 APC at the left holds an MG34 on bipod. KPVT A KPVT heavy machine gun is mounted on a BTR-60PB APC that is seen guarding the prisoners held at the National Stadium.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing KPVT heavy machine gun - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal view of the BTR-60PB. The KPVT machine gun is seen in the turret while the PKT machine gun is removed. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A side view of the KPVT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing A BTR-40 APC. It may be used as a stand-in for M3 Scout Cars that were still in use in Latin American countries in 1970s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A BTR-60PB in the night scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A frontal view of the BTR-60PB. The turret with KPVT machine gun is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same BTR on the National Stadium. 
