We Will Come Back
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We Will Come Back Sekretar raykoma ("The District Secretary"), Eglish subtitled version Russian Guerrillas ) is a Soviet 1942 B&W war movie directed by Ivan Pyryev. The film depicts the struggle of Soviet partisans unit, lead by the District Secretary Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ), against the occupational Nazi German troops under the command of Col. Makenau (Mikhail Astangov ). When first attempts to destroy the partisans fail, Makenau infiltrates his spy Lt. Albrecht (Viktor Kulakov ), who poses himself as Soviet Lt. Orlov, into the partisans unit. "Orlov"'s attempts are almost crowned with success but he is uncovered by radio operator Natasha (Marina Ladynina ). Kochet uses "Orlov" to give Makenau disinformation about the meeting of partisans commanders. Partisans lure enemy troops in ambush and are victorious.
The following weapons were used in the film We Will Come Back (Sekretar raykoma) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used by Soviet partisans. Both pre- and post-1930 versions can be seen.
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 Stepanov (uncredited), partisans sentry, lays dead, still holding his Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) hands her Nagant to "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) (nevertheless she is again seen with a Nagant next moment). Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Orlov" fires his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) forces "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) to man the Maxim under the threat of her Nagant. Her revolver has the rounded front sight of pre-1930 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of Natasha's Nagant from the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German officer fires a Nagant revolver in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ) fires at Makenau in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha holds a Nagant in the final scene. Pistols Tokarev TT-33 A Tokarev TT-33 pistol is a personal handgun of Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ). Some other Soviet partisans carry TT holsters but it's hard to say if there are pistols inside. Due to continuity errors, Col. Makenau's (Mikhail Astangov ) Luger P08 switches to TT in two scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kochet's TT is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makenau fires a TT at captured partisan. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makenau fires a TT in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kochet (in center) holds a TT in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires at Makenau. Luger P08 Luger P08 pistols are carried by German officers, including Col. Makenau (Mikhail Astangov ). Some Soviet partisans carry Luger holsters but it's hard to say if there are pistols inside.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) holds an unloaded Luger P08. Next moment it switches to Nagant M1895 revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Feldwebel Vogel (Grigoriy Shpigel ) holds a Luger at the left.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Makenau holds his pistol during the interrogation of captured Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kochet manages to grab Makenau's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds Makenau at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing ]A German officer leads his soldiers, holding a Luger, in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Makenau's adjutant (Georgiy Georgiu ) (at the left) aims his Luger in the final scene. Mauser C96 Smolyak (Anatoliy Alekseev ) carries a Mauser C96 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smolyak carries his Mauser tucked into the belt. Submachine Guns Suomi KP/-31 Suomi KP/-31 SMGs are widely used by Soviet partisans, standing for Soviet PPD-40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suomi KP/-31 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Red Army officers (Nikolay Bogolyubov at the left) carry Suomi SMGs in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Suomi is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisans commander at the right carries a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier at the foreground holds a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Potapenko (Aleksandr Antonov ) carries a Suomi (at the left). He also has a Nagant holster but it looks too flat and empty. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan in center fires a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sasha Rusov (Mikhail Kuznetsov ) (at the right) holds a Suomi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyon Rotman (Boris Poslavsky ) (at the left) holds a Suomi in the final scene. MP40 MP40 SMGs are widely used by German soldiers and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army officer at the left carries MP40 in the opening scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers stand in formation with MP40 SMGs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Makenau's adjutant (Georgiy Georgiu ) carries MP40 in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyon Rotman (Boris Poslavsky ) loads the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 is seen on the wall in partisans headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aged partisan Kuzmich (uncredited) (at the right) carries the MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) carries the MP40. MP38 Some MP38s are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ) holds the MP38. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Many partisans, including Natasha (Marina Ladynina ), Sasha Rusov (Mikhail Kuznetsov ), Sedov (Evgeniy Nemchenko ), Anikeev (Nikolai Khryashchikov ) and Kletnyuk (Vladimir Uralsky ), are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A civilian volunteer carries the M1891 rifle in the scene of the evacuation from the town. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A civilian volunteer at the left carries what appears to be an M1891 rifle that has strangely short muzzle, probably partially broken. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry at the entrance of the district committee of the Communist Party holds the M91 with bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sasha Rusov carries the M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha holds an M91 rifle at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha reloads her rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kletnyuk's rifle is seen next to him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the left carries M91 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Anikeev holds M91 rifle. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Partisans also use Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles but they are rather rarely seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans surprise German soldiers. M1891/30 rifle is seen at the foreground. Mosin Nagant M1907 Carbine Some Mosin Nagant M1907 Carbines are also used by partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A female partisan carries M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Young partisan carries M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisans surprise German soldiers. Some partisans, including Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) (in straw hat in center) and Darya (Valentina Telegina ), are armed with M07 Carbines. Karabinek wz.29 Most German soldiers and many Soviet partisans are armed with Polish Karabinek wz.29 rifles (Wehrmacht index Gewehr 298 (p)). They are identified by large protectors of the front sight and full-length handguards. All rifles are used with attached bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish Wz.29 Mauser - 8x57mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers fire their rifles during the mass execution of Soviet people. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers reload. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires his rifle during the attack of partisans. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the left carries a Wz.29 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan on guard. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character holds his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier on guard in the headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with Wz.29 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Darya (Valentina Telegina ) (in center) and a partisan at the left hold Wz.29 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyon Rotman (Boris Poslavsky ) holds a Wz.29 rifle in the final scene. Vz. 24 Czech Mauser Some partisans carry Mauser rifles that appear to be Vz.24 Czech Mausers .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan at the left holds a Mauser Vz.24. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the rifle. Unlike original Czech rifles, this one lacks the protector on the front sight. Such outlook is typical for Lithuanian-issued version of Vz.24, known as "Model 24L". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasiliy Glushchenko (Evgeniy Grigorev ) holds same looking Mauser (at the right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Glushchenko's rifle (at the right). Mannlicher M1895 German soldiers are also armed with Mannlicher M1895 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Mannlicher M1895 rifles are seen at the left in the scene when German soldiers take grain from peasants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers run to their rifles when partisans launch a surprise attack. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Gavrila Fedorovich Rusov (Mikhail Zharov ) is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun with exposed hammers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian TOZ-B double barreled side by side shotgun - 16 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gavrila Fedorovich Rusov carries his shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He uses his shotgun in action (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shotgun is seen at the right. Bolt Action Shotgun What appears to be a "Berdanka" or "Frolovka" bolt action shotgun is briefly seen in hands of a partisan.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Berdanka bolt action shotgun - 28 GaugeError creating thumbnail: File missing "Frolovka" R-32 shotgun (converted Mosin Nagant rifle) - 32 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-27 Degtyaryov DP-27 light machine guns are used by Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 (red 1) is seen in partisans camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 in action. The machine gun lacks its typical long conical flash hider. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksandr Potapenko (Aleksandr Antonov ) mans the DP-27 in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan fires the DP-27 in the final scene. Maxim M1910 During the battle Smolyak (Anatoliy Alekseev ) and "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) fire the Maxim M1910 machine gun with smooth water jacket. Due to a continuity error, it several times switches places with Maxim M1910/30 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smolyak opens fire at attacking German troops. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) forces "Orlov" to man the Maxim under the threat of her Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of Maxim. Maxim M1910/30 The Maxim M1910 several times switches places with Maxim M1910/30 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Maxim M1910/30 and Finnish Maxim M/32-33 are seen in partisans camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smolyak's Maxim M1910 (see above) switches to M1910/30. Maxim M/32-33 Finnish Maxim M/32-33 machine gun is used by German troops. Later M/32-33 is seen in partisans camp.
Finnish Maxim M/32-33 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Makenau's soldiers use a Maxim M/32-33 for the mass execution of Soviet people. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene. Maxim is seen from behind. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Maxim M1910/30 and Finnish Maxim M/32-33 are seen in partisans camp. MG34 German troops use MG34 machine guns in several scenes. Partisans also use MG34s, both on tripod and on bipod.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum Gurtrommel 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 is mounted on German motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 on tripod (red 2) in partisans camp. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) teach partisans the usage of MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the tripod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Feduyshin (Pyotr Lyubeshkin ) and Sasha Rusov (Mikhail Kuznetsov ) carry MG34s. Both machine guns are fitted with Gurtrommel 34 belt drums. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rusov fires his MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 on tripod is seen in Col. Makenau's headquarters. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades are widely used by German troops and Soviet partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers stand in formation with MP40 SMGs and hand grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stepan Kochet (Vasili Vanin ) carries a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyon Rotman (Boris Poslavsky ) carries a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smolyak (Anatoliy Alekseev ) and "Orlov" (Viktor Kulakov ) carry grenades. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Natasha (Marina Ladynina ) carries a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Darya (Valentina Telegina ) and Kuzmich (uncredited) carry grenades. RGD-33 Hand Grenade In the opening scene a sentry at the doors of the district committee of the Communist Party carries an RGD-33 hand grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Pineapple" hand grenade In one scene a partisan uses a "pineapple" hand grenade. It is seen through thick smoke and cannot be identified but F-1 hand grenade seems a good guess.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing PzB-39 AT Rifle A pair of German PzB-39 AT rifles is seen in partisans camp.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PzB-39 Anti-tank rifle - 7.92x94 mm (Patrone 318) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aged partisan Kuzmich (uncredited) at the right holds a PzB-39 AT rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two PzB-39s are seen at the right in partisans headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing PzB-39 is seen at the left together with MG34 . Granatwerfer 34 Mortar During the attack on partisans camp German troops carry a Granatwerfer 34 Mortar . A GrW 34 is also used by partisans, manned by Semyon Rotman (Boris Poslavsky ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 8-cm Granatwerfer 34 (GrW 34) Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier carries the mortar barrel during the march in the forest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A partisan carries mortar bipod. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rotman at the mortar. Uncredited partisan loads the mortar. Granatwerfer 36 Mortar A Granatwerfer 36 Mortar is seen in partisans camp.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5-cm leichter Granatwerfer 36 Mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing GrW 36 is seen at the right. 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) A 37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) is seen in partisans camp.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mockups of German tanks. The one at the head of the column resembles German experimental Neubaufahrzeug. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other tanks resemble Soviet T-35 heavy tanks. 
