Green Chains (Zelyonye tsepochki)
DVD Cover
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Mishka Alekseyev
Aleksandr Grigoryev
Vas'ka Kozhukh
Igor Urumbekov
Styopka Panfilov
Vladimir Lelyotko
Ivan Vasilyevich
Pavel Luspekaev
Aleksey Burakov
Oleg Belov
Paul Richter aka "Uncle Petya"
Aleksandr Mikhaylov (III)
Aleksandr Kalachyov aka Shurka-Krendel
Andrey Krupenin
Semyon Semyonov
Fyodor Odinokov
Green Chains Zelyonye tsepochki ) is a Soviet 1970 adventure movie directed by Grigoriy Aronov and based on novels by German Matveyev. In Autumn 1941 in besieged Leningrad three boys accidentally obtain a suitcase, inside which they find a flare pistol with green star shells. This leads to the uncover of German saboteur operations in Leningrad.
The following weapons were used in the film Green Chains (Zelyonye tsepochki) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 In the final scene saboteur Semyon Semyonov (Fyodor Odinokov ) fires a Nagant M1895 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Semyonov fires a Nagant. Pistols TT-33 TT-33 pistols are used by counterintellegence service officers, including Sergeant of State Security (Lieutenant rank) Aleksey Burakov (Oleg Belov ). Lieutenant of State Security (Major rank) Ivan Vasilyevich (Pavel Luspekaev ) holds a TT in the final scene, but the pistol is seen very briefly and in distance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Burakov and another counterintellegence officer (Vladimir Karpenko ) hold TT pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Burakov with a TT in the final scene. A good view of TT holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Burakov in shootout with "Uncle Petya". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Burakov arrests the spy. Luger P08 In the final scene German spy Paul Richter aka "Uncle Petya" (Aleksandr Mikhaylov (III)) fires a Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant of State Security (Major rank) Ivan Vasilyevich (Pavel Luspekaev ) shows a Luger and knife, confiscated from arrested saboteur, to Mishka and Vas'ka. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Uncle Petya" fires his Luger. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles are widely used by Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers on march carry M91/30 rifles with bayonets, attached backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with M91/30 rifles encircle Sidorov's house in the final scene. Mosin Nagant M1891 Some Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry rifles are also used by Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the sailors carries an M91 Infantry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An M91 Infantry rifle of a sentry on anti-aircraft battery is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the sentry carrying the rifle. Other Weapons OSP-30 Flare Pistol Three boys, Mishka, Vas'ka and Styopka, find an OSP-30 Flare Pistol with star shells in a suitcase, belonging to "Uncle Petya". Later an OSP-30 flare pistol is used by saboteur Valeriy Kaplunov (Aleksandr Lipov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Boys open the suitcase and finds the flare pistol and star shells. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vas'ka loads the flare pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He shoots a green signal that draws attention of the patrol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kaplunov shoots a flare pistol, signalling to German bombers. 37-mm M1939 (61-K) 37-mm M1939 (61-K) AA autocannons are seen on Leningrad streets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 37mm 61-K autocannon is towed along the street. 57-mm S-60 A battery of 57-mm S-60 AA autocannons is seen in one scene. In reality these guns appeared only in 1950.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AZP S-60 - 57x348 mm SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three S-60 AA guns on position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of an S-60. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing A battery of 76.2mm M1938 AA guns. They can be differentiated from 85mm 52-K guns by small muzzle brake. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A T-34-85 is seen on the street. Of course, this tank doesn't fit for Autumn 1941. 
