Oleko Dundich
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Oleko Dundich Aleksa Dundic ) is a 1958 Soviet-Yugoslavian historical adventure movie directed by Leonid Lukov. It depicts the life of Oleko (also called Aleksa) Dundich, a prominent Red Army cavalry commander during the Russian Civil war. The biography of Dundich is highly controversial; the movie follows the version that Dundich was born in Austro-Hungary and became a Hussar NCO during the World War 1. In 1916 he was taken prisoner by Russian troops and later volunteered to join the Serbian Volunteer Corps in Russia. In 1917 Dundich joined Red Guards and then became a cavalry commander in 1st Cavalry Army until his death in battle in July 1920.
The following weapons were used in the film Oleko Dundich :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are widely used by numerous characters, both Reds, including Oleko Dundich (Branko Pleša ), and Whites.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red commander (Konstantin Sorokin holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich holds a Nagant. Note the angular post-1930 front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Army Shtabs-Rotmistr (a "sub-Captain" rank in Russian cavalry) of Caucasian troops (Barasbi Mulayev ) holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer (Yuri Leonidov (II)) shoots himself. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Praporshchik (Ensign rank) with a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich in civilian dress holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich fires at White soldiers in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya (Yury Solovyov ), a Red Army man of Dundich's unit, fires a Nagant in same scene. In previous moment he is seen with a Mauser C96 (see below); it may be a continuity error, or the character could carry two handguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich (Ljuba Tadic ) dual-wields Nagants in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich, disguised as a Cossack, surprises a French officer with a Nagant. Palich (Dragomir Felba ), also in Cossack dress, holds a barely seen Nagant at the left. Pistols Mauser C96 Mauser C96 pistols are seen in hands of several Reds, notably Dragich (Ljuba Tadic ) and Palich (Dragomir Felba ), Serb cavalrymen of Dundich's international unit. High commanders of 1st Cavalry Army, Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Vladimir Troshin ) and Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonny (Lev Sverdlin ), carry Mauser C96 pistols in holsters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kliment Voroshilov carries a Mauser C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich, disguised as White Cossack, holds a Mauser C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Dragich with Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya (Yury Solovyov ) fires a Mauser. In next moment he is seen with a Nagant revolver (it may be a continuity error, or the character could carry two handguns). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Palich (Dragomir Felba ) in disguise of White Army NCO holds a Mauser 96 when Dundich's men surprise sleeping Col. Hodzich. The pistol is probably pulled from below Hodzich's pillow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Palich shows the barrel of the pistol on the phone. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich's Mauser on the table in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyon Budyonny carries a Mauser. Unidentified pistols In one scene Oleko Dundich (Branko Pleša ) holds a pistol that resembles an FN Model 1900 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: FN Model 1900 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich, wounded in leg in a battle, holds a pistol that seems to be a bright nickel plated FN 1900. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. In the scene when Dundich (Branko Pleša ) poses as French Army Capt. Derville, he holds a pistol that resembles an FN Model 1910 but looks smaller and with slightly different appearance. Similar looking pistol is seen in hands of White Army Col. Bobrov (Evgeniy Samoylov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich, posing as a French officer, secretly draws a pistol when he meets his archenemy Hodzich. The pisol resembles FN 1910 but seems to be smaller. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich fires. The pistol looks slightly different from FN 1910. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Bobrov holds a similar pistol. In several scenes Lt. Col. (later Col.) Pavle Hodzich (Milan Puzic ), the head of White Army counterintellegence service, and some other White Army officers carry pistols that resembles FN Model 1922 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: FN Model 1922 - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lt. Col. Hodzich carries a holster that looks like FN Model 1922 pattern. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In another scene Hodzich, now Colonel, draws a pistol from same looking holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hodzich (at the right) holds his pistol that seems to be elongated enough for FN 1922. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Zhilitskiy (uncredited) holds a similar looking pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Zhilitskiy's pistol. Several White Army and French Army officers and generals carry pistols in holsters. Some of these pistols are possibly the ones, described above and reused in other scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Officers of the Serbian Volunteer Corps Podporuchik (2nd Lt. rank) Dundich (Branko Pleša ) and Hodzich (Milan Puzic ) carry pistols in holsters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Judging by the holster, Hodzich's pistol could be the same supposed FN Model 1922 (see above) but it's very vague. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French officer carries a pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Gen. Jaubert (Evgeniy Velikhov) carries a pistol in holster. The holster is for a compact pistol, like FN Model 1910 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Col. Hodzich carries a pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gen. Shkuro (Sergei Lukyanov) carries a pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view on Gen. Shkuro's holster. It's a German style holster for compact pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the final scene Dundich leads his cavalrymen in attack, holding an unidentified pistol. The gun is seen very unclear due to fast motion. Rifles Mosin Nagant M91 Dragoon and M91/30 Mosin Nagant Rifles are used by numerous Reds and Whites. These rifles are a mix of M91 Dragoons and M91/30s. Only in some cases the model can be identified exactly.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Revolutionary soldiers in 1917 carry rifles, often with backwards attached bayonets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man at the left (Pyotr Lyubeshkin ) holds a rifle. Next to him Vanya (Yury Solovyov ) carries an M1907 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Yunker (cadet) of White Army holds a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man, former French soldier (Valentin Gaft ), disguised as a Gipsy, fires a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An aged Cossack NCO (Stepan Shkurat ) holds a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rasovich (Stole Arandjelovic ), one of the Serbs of Dundich's international unit, carries a rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich (Ljuba Tadic ), Palich (Dragomir Felba ), Vanya (Yury Solovyov ) and Rasovich (Stole Arandjelovic ), disguised as White soldiers, hold rifles. Dragich (the one at the foreground) has an M91 rifle, according to the bayonet, while others are armed with M91/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Palich and Vanya aim their rifles at Col. Hodzich. The front sights match M91/30 model. Mosin Nagant M1907 Carbine Many Reds, notably Dragich (Ljuba Tadic ), Palich (Dragomir Felba ), Rasovich (Stole Arandjelovic ), Kid Mirko (Zoran Benderic ), Vanya (Yury Solovyov ) and Dasha (Tatyana Konyukhova ), are armed with Mosin Nagant M1907 Carbines . Carbines are also used by Whites in several scenes.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vanya carries an M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kid Mirko carries an M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dragich carries an M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dasha, daughter of a Red commander, carries an M07 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich's cavalrymen, disguised as White Cossacks, surprise real Cossacks, escorting French Gen. Jaubert. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kid Mirko and another cavalryman with M07 Carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Dundich's men (Sergey Yakovlev at the left) with M07 Carbines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rasovich with an M07 Carbine guards captured Gen. Jaubert. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dead Cossack with M07 Carbine. Next moment he is seen with M38 Carbine (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich, wounded in leg, uses an M07 Carbine as a crutch. Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine Anachronistic Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines are also seen in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oleko Dundich (Branko Pleša ) and Dasha (Tatyana Konyukhova ) fire at Whites. The carbines lack hoods over front sights that makes them looking more similar with WW1 era Mosin Nagant rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A dead White Cossack with an M38 Carbine on sling. Earlier this character was seen with an M07 Carbine. Mauser Gewehr 98 Soldiers of the Serbian Volunteer Corps are armed with Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Most soldiers carry Gewehr 98 rifles with bayonets. Some Mauser rifles of different models can also be seen (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mix of Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles, Mauser rifles of another models, and Mosin Nagant M91 rifles in barracks of Serbian Corps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gewehr 98. Lange-Visier rear sight is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full length Gewehr 98s and short rifles in barracks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man carries a full lenght Mauser rifle that appears to be a Gewehr 98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man at the right carries a full length Mauser rifle, also most likely a Gewehr 98. Mauser Rifles Short Mauser rifles of unidentified model (or various models) can be seen in several scenes. Some of them are possibly anachronistic Karabiner 98k .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier of Serbian Corps in center holds a short Mauser rifle with turned down bolt handle, possibly but not nessessary Karabiner 98k . It is fitted with a long bayonet of Gewehr 98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier holds same looking rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier, closing formation, holds a short rifle with straight bolt handle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mix of Mauser Gewehr 98 rifles, Mauser rifles of another models, and Mosin Nagant M91 rifles in barracks of Serbian Corps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full length Gewehr 98s and short rifles in barracks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Firing squad takes aim. A rifle at the foreground is a full length model but not a Gewehr 98. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A White Cossack at the right carries a Mauser rifle with turned down bolt handle, possibly a Karabiner 98k. Machine Guns Maxim M1910 Maxim M1910 machine guns are seen mounted on Red Army tachanka horse carts (possibly it's a single prop, as all M1910s have very similary battered barrel jackets).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910, simplified version with smooth water jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red soldier and sailor carry a Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910 on tachanka . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910 on tachanka . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910 on tachanka . Maxim M1910/30 Maxim M1910/30 machine guns, standing for M1910s, are seen mounted on Red Army tachanka horse carts, on Red armoured train and on White armoured cars. Both pre- and post-1940 versions are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxims on Red armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of a Maxim on the armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxims on Austin armoured car of White troops. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30 of post-1940 version on tachanka . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Palich (Dragomir Felba ) fires a Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim machine guns on tachanka carts. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the barrel of post-1940 version. Other Weapons RG-14/30 Hand Grenade In one scene Oleko Dundich (Branko Pleša ) uses an RG-14/30 hand grenade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RG-14/30 hand grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich throws a grenade in the window of Col. Hodzich's apartments. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dundich carries a German style holster for compact pistol. Such pattern is common for 1930s-1940s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing French Gen. Jaubert (Evgeniy Velikhov) carries a holster for Mauser Pocket Pistol . Later he is seen with another holster, likely for FN Model 1910 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing White Army Podporuchik (Aleksey Bakhar ) carries a holster for Makarov PM . Artillery Red Army troops use various field guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 76.2mm M1909 mountain guns on railway flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122mm M1910/30 howitzer on railway flatcar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122mm M1910/30 howitzer is mounted on armoured train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 76.2mm M1902 field gun is seen at the left during the march of Red troups. Armour White Army armoured cars are seen. These are good replicas of Austin armoured cars, the most widely used during the Russian Civil war.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Replicas of Austin armoured cars. Each is armed with two Maxim machine guns. 
