Long Road in the Dunes
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Long Road in the Dunes Ilgais ceļš kāpās ; original Russian title Dolgaya doroga v dyunakh ) is a Soviet Latvian 1982 (filmed 1980—1981) historical mini series directed by Aloizs Brencs. The story is set in Latvia and covers the period from 1939 to 1970s. The main storyline is the love story of fisherman Arthur Banga (Juozas Kiselius ) and Martha Ozols (Lilita Ozolina).
The following weapons were used in the film Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais ceļš kāpās) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Many of Soviet Militsia personnel in Ep.3, set in 1940 in Soviet Latvia, and Red Army officers and NCOs in Eps.4 and 5, set in 1941-1944, carry Nagant M1895 revolvers. They are mostly seen in holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andris Kalnins (Karlis Trencis ), chief of local Militsia , carries a Nagant in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Militsia operative holds a Nagant during the arrest of Jacob Ozols (Eduards Pavuls ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Female combat medic carries holstered Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arthur Banga (Juozas Kiselius ) carries holstered Nagant while commanding the volunteer unit. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jazeps Sarma (Girts Jakovlevs ) holds a Nagant while helping wounded Aleksandr Yefimov (Yevgeni Zharikov ), disguised as German officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andris Kalnins, now NKVD Maj., holds a Nagant during the ambush of "Forest Brothers" in Ep.5. Pistols Walther PPK In Eps.1 and 2, set in 1939-1940, Latvian police officers carry Walther PPK pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP. Note the ring just behind the magazine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police officers carry holstered pistol when they arrest Arthur Banga in Ep.1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Police officers with PPK pistols in hands pursue Janis Akmenlauks (Valdemars Zandbergs) in Ep.2. Tokarev TT-33 In one scene in Ep.2 a Latvian Army officer holds a pistol that appears to be out of place Soviet TT-33 . A Red Army officer holds a TT in one scene in Ep.4. Maj. Andris Kalnins (Karlis Trencis ) holds a TT (instead of previously seen Nagant) during the shootout with "Forest Brothers" in Ep.5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Officer and several soldiers pursue escaping Arthur Banga. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Officer's pistol runs dry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army officer draws his TT... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires, covering behind the 45mm gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the TT after the battle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Andris Kalnins holds a TT when sending a captured "Forest Brother" (Guntis Pilsums) with ultimatum to Aboltynsh and his men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kalnins holds a TT during the shootout. Luger P08 Luger P08 pistols are widely used by German officers in Eps.4 and 5. They are mostly seen in holsters. Aleksandr Yefimov (Yevgeni Zharikov ), posing as German Ober-Lt., also uses a Luger.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Osvalds Kreizis (Harijs Liepins ), formed lawyer turned German SD officer, carries holstered Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manfred Zingrueber (Uldis Dumpis ) (at the right) carries holstered P08. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded Yefimov hides in Banga's house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Drunk Osvalds Kreizis holds his P08 in the scene in fishermen village. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richard Losberg (Romualdas Ramanauskas ) carries holstered pistol in Ep.5. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 In Ep.5, set in 1944, many Soviet soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 SMGs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A PPSh-41 is seen in Col. Janis Grikis' (Janis Plesums ) dugout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sr.Lt. Arthur Banga (Juozas Kiselius ) and his soldiers prepare for scout mission. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laimon Kalnins (Aare Laanemets ) holds a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arthur Banga holds a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Latvian soldiers in battle with Waffen SS Latvian Legion. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers fire PPSh-41s during the shootout with "Forest Brothers". MP38 German soldiers, Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers and "Forest Brothers" carry MP38 and MP40 SMGs in Ep.5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Latvian legionnaires with MP38s and MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A legionnaire (Peteris Liepins ) fires MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zigis Aboltynsh (Roland Zagorskis ) with MP38 in "Forest Brothers" camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "Forest Brother" fires MP38 during the shootout in village shop. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bruno fires MP38 in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aboltynsh's (Arijs Geikins ) MP40 switches to MP38 when he prepares to escape on a boat. MP40 German soldiers, Waffen SS Latvian Legion soldiers and "Forest Brothers" carry MP38 and MP40 SMGs in Ep.5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Latvian legionnaires with MP38s and MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Janka (Helmuts Kalnins ) with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aboltynsh (Arijs Geikins ) (in white coat) carries an MP40 in "Forest Brothers" camp. Another "Forest Brother" with MP40 is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aboltynsh with MP40 commands the "Forest Brothers". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zigis Aboltynsh (Roland Zagorskis ) with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aboltynsh fires his MP40. Rifles Vz.16/33 Czech Mauser In Ep.1, set in 1939, Aizsargi (Latvian paramilitary organization in 1920s-1930s) Valdis (Voldemars Sorins ), Bruno (Martins Verdins ) and Zigis Aboltynsh (Roland Zagorskis ) carry Vz.16/33 Czech Mauser carbines. In reality service rifle of Aizsargi was Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle. In Ep.3 same three Aizsargi use their rifles in shootout with Soviet People's Militia.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 16/33 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zigis (at the left) and Valdis in a car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bruno (at the right). The typical groove on the stock of the rifle can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aizsargi leave the car with rifles in hands.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Valdis, Bruno and Zigis in ambush in Ep.3. Note that only two rifles are Czech vz.16/33 while the third one, at the right, is Karabiner 98k , identified by the lack of the groove on stock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Karabiner 98k In Ep.2, set in 1940, soldiers of Latvian army carry Karabiner 98k rifles. In reality 98k rifles were never issued to Latvian troops. German soldiers are armed with 98k rifles in Eps.4 and 5, set in 1941-1944.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Latvian soldiers with 98k rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers stand in formation. First soldier in second row is Janis Grikis (Janis Plesums ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles in barraks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aizsargi Bruno (Martins Verdins ) (at the foreground) holds a Karabiner 98k in Ep.3.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers march with 98k rifles in Ep.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with 98k rifles and MG34 machine gun in Ep.5. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Forest Brothers" with 98k rifles in Ep.5. Mauser Gewehr 1898 In Ep.2, set in 1940, soldiers of Latvian army are also armed with full-lenght Mauser rifles that appear to be Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles but have turned down bolt handles. According to Mauser Military Rifles of the World by Robert W. D. Ball, such combination was used on Radfahrer Gewehr 98 (Bicycle Troops Rifle) and on standard Gewehr 98, modified in 1915-16 for use as sniper rifles. Standard Mauser 98 rifle is carried by Bruno (Martins Verdins ) in Ep.4.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898, modified in 1915 for use as sniper rifle. Note the turned down bolt handle and Lange-Visier sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In Ep.2 Arthur Banga (Juozas Kiselius ) holds a full-lenght Mauser with turned down bolt handle at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bruno (Martins Verdins ) carries a full-lenght Mauser as Hilfspolizei (auxiliary police) in Ep.4. His rifle has straight bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jacob Ozols (Eduards Pavuls ) with a Mauser 98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jacob Ozols aims a Mauser 98 at Peteris (Egons Beseris ) in Ep.5. Later he is disarmed by Peteris. Ozols' rifle has Lange-Visier sight and turned down bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aboltynsh (Arijs Geikins ) holds Ozols' rifle. Lange-Visier sight and turned down bolt handle are seen. Pattern 1914 Enfield Pattern 1914 Enfield rifles are also carried by Latvian soldiers in Ep.2. P14 was the standard rifle of Latvian army.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pattern M1914 (P 14) Enfield - .303 UK Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In Ep.3, set in 1940 in Soviet Latvia, members of People's Militia carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Many Red Army soldiers carry M91/30 rifles in Ep.4, set in 1941. In Ep.5 Peteris (Egons Beseris ) uses an M91/30 rifle (it switches from previously seen Mauser Gewehr 98 ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Members of People's Militia escort arrested Aizsargi and policemen in Ep.3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laimon Kalnins (Aare Laanemets ) with M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laimon Kalnins in shootout. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Members of People's Militia escort arrested Jacob Ozols (Eduards Pavuls ) in Ep.3. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers on march in Summer 1941 in Ep.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laimon Kalnins teach volunteers the handling of M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Laimon Kalnins and Arthur Banga (Juozas Kiselius ) fire at German troops during the shootout in forest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier holds an M91/30 rifle during the encounter with "Forest Brothers" in Ep.5. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Peteris fires at father and son Aboltynsh who escape on a car. Mosin Nagant M1891 Old Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles are carried by some Red Army soldiers in one scene in Ep.4, set in Summer 1941.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center carries original M91 rifle. MAS-36 In one scene in Ep.4 one of marching German soldiers carries not a Karabiner 98k, as his comrades-in-arms, but a different rifle that looks like French MAS-36 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier in center in second row carries the supposed MAS-36. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Numerous Double Barreled Shotguns are seen in the house of Manfred Zingrueber (Uldis Dumpis ), Richard Losberg's German friend, in Ep.2, set in 1940.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J.P. Sauer Shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing O/U (at the left) and side by side shotguns on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Eight shotguns on the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richard Losberg (Romualdas Ramanauskas ) holds a shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A double barreled shotgun is seen in "Forest Brothers" camp in Ep.5. Over and Under Shotgun Over and Under Shotguns are also seen in Zingrueber's house.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Otto Seelig O/U - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing O/U (at the left) and side by side shotguns on the wall. Machine Guns Maxim M1910/30 A Maxim M1910/30 is seen in Ep.4, set in 1941.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army soldier carries the Maxim on march. MG34 German soldiers use MG34 machine guns in several scenes in Eps.4 and 5.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum Gurtrommel 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier at the right carries MG34 in Ep.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Karabiner 98k rifles and MG34 machine gun in Ep.5. Other Weapons SPSh Flare Pistol In Ep.7 during the wedding of Heinrihs Strautnieks (Paul Butkevich ) and Inara (Ruta Vitina), Heinrihs' friend Martins (Uldis Vazdiks ) gifts an SPSh Flare Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SPSh Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martins hands the SPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inara holds the flare pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heinrihs holds the flare pistol. 45 mm 53-K AT Gun 45 mm 53-K AT gun is seen in one scene in Ep.4.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abandoned 45mm gun on the road. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army officer fires, covering behind the 45mm gun. Degtyaryov DT Degtyaryov DT is seen mounted on Soviet tanks in wartime documentary footage.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Frontal DT on KV-1. MG34 Panzerlauf MG34 Panzerlauf is seen mounted on Tiger I tank in wartime documentary footage.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG15 machine gun with 75-round double drum - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified AA Machine Gun An unidentified AA machine gun is seen in wartime documentary footage.
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