A Noisy Household (Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo)
Original Theatrical Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Yefreytor (Corp.) Antonina "Tonya" Kalmykova
Lyudmila Tselikovskaya
Pvt. Tikhon Ogurtsov
Aleksandr Grave
Starshina (Sgt.Maj.) Semibab
Mikhail Zharov
Lt. Ivan Kroshkin
Vitali Doronin
Lt. Jacques Larochelle
Yuri Lyubimov
Krauss
Sergey Filippov
A Noisy Household (Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo ) is a 1946 Soviet war comedy directed by Mikhail Zharov . In Autumn 1944 two inexperienced soldiers, young pretty girl Tonya Kalmykova and myopic, ungainly Tikhon Ogurtsov, serve at a decoy airfield under the command of Starshina Semibab. A real airfield, positioned not far away, is used by two fighter squadrons, one of which is fighter squadron Normandie of Free French Forces. Two pilots, Russian Ivan Kroshkin and Frenchman Jacques Larochelle, fall in love to Tonya.
The following weapons were used in the film A Noisy Household (Bespokoynoe khozyaystvo) :
Pistols
Tokarev TT-33
A German spy Krauss (Sergey Filippov), disguised as a Soviet soldier, carries a TT-33 . Tonya Kalmykova (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya ) manages to disarm him.
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Submachine guns
PPSh-41
Starshina (Sgt.Maj.) Semibab (Mikhail Zharov ) and his subordinates, Yefreytor (Corp.) Tonya Kalmykova (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya ) and Pvts. Tikhon Ogurtsov (Aleksandr Grave ), Sorokonozhkin (Georgiy Svetlani ) and Gvozdaryov (Vladimir Uralsky ), carry PPSh-41 submachine guns with drum and stick magazines.
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MP40
MP40 submachine guns are used by German soldiers.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German spotter on the tree carries an MP40.
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Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Some German soldiers are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Karabiner 98k is seen at the left. A German soldier uses his rifle to fire at a Soviet plane, basing it on a stick.
Machine Guns and Autocannons
Berezin UB
Berezin UB machine gun is mounted on Yak-9 fighter plane.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing In addition to ShVAK-20 autocannon, Yak-9 is armed with a synchronized UBS machine gun over the engine.
Shpitalnyi-Vladimirov ShVAK-20
Shpitalnyi-Vladimirov ShVAK-20 autocannons are mounted on La-7 and Yak-9 fighter planes.
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Other Weapons
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
In one scene Tonya Kalmykova (Lyudmila Tselikovskaya ) holds a Model 24 Stielhandgranate .
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LP-42 Flare Pistol
What appear to be LP-42 Flare Pistol is seen on decoy airfield, fitted to the "hand" of mannequin and remotely controlled by a rope.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gvozdaryov (Vladimir Uralsky ) attached the rope to the flare pistol.