Error creating thumbnail: File missing Join our Discord!
If you have been locked out of your account you can request a password reset here.

Blizzard of Souls

From Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
Revision as of 21:05, 27 April 2021 by PyramidHead (talk | contribs) (anyone have any idea what that unknown rifle could be? Looks like some kind of Mauser, but doesn't look like any Mauser I've seen.)
Jump to navigation Jump to search


Blizzard of Souls
Dvēseļu putenis
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Movie poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Latvia
Directed by Dzintars Dreibergs
Release Date November 8, 2019
Language German
Latvian
Russian
Main Cast
Character Actor
Artūrs Vanags Oto Brantevics
Edgars Vanags Raimonds Celms
Vanags Martins Vilsons
Mikelsons Jekabs Reinis
Konrads Gatis Gyga
Spilva Renars Zeltins
Sala Vilis Daudzins


Blizzard of Souls, also titled The Rifleman, is a 2019 Latvian war movie directed by Dzintars Dreibergs and based on the novel of the same name by Aleksandrs Grīns. Latvia, 1915. 16-year-old Artūrs Vanags joins the Imperial Russian Army after losing his mother and home to war. But the hope of glory and the thrill of training is soon followed by the harsh reality of the battlefield. When the war seems to be coming to an end, there is a revolution in their own ranks. Artūrs now finds himself fighting in the midst of a brutal civil war, which makes the hope of peace and the liberation of his homeland a distant, almost futile, prospect.


The following weapons were used in the film Blizzard of Souls:


Revolvers

Nagant M1895

Latvian officers like Father Vanags (Martins Vilsons) and Sala (Vilis Daudzins) are seen using the Nagant M1895. Both the correct Imperial Russian and later produced Soviet variant are seen.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Russian Nagant 1895, produced 1920s. The rounded front sight is a sign of revolvers produced from 1890s until 1930 - 7.62x38N
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a wartime issued weapon. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Vanags gives orders to flank the sniper with his revolver in hand. This revolver has an early rounded front sight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Pinned down by machine gun fire, Edgars takes cover with his Nagant with a post-1930 angular front sight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A closer view of Edgars' snowy revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Bolshevik officer with his drawn Nagant revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs fires a Nagant revolver during the bridge defense.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon

Despite the fact that Latvian troops during WWI were not equipped with the Dragoon rifle, it is widely used by Latvian Riflemen in the film, including Artūrs Vanags (Oto Brantevics), Edgars Vanags (Raimonds Celms), Mikelsons (Jekabs Reinis), and Konrads (Gatis Gaga). It is still a more accurate choice than the M91/30 and Finnish M39 rifles seen in the first trailer.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Mosin-Nagant M1891 Dragoon Rifle - 7.62x54mm R
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs proudly inspect his newly-received Dragoon Rifle, which allows for a good view of the Konovalov sight.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
He and other soldiers prepare their rifles to go over the top.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
During the advance in the fog, Artūrs shows modern military trigger discipline, which would become standard practice many years after WWI.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The front part of Mikkelsons' Mosin Nagant as he and a German insult each other.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
During marching, the bayonet is mounted upside down.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Latvian troops with their Dragoon rifles in Winter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Red firing squad takes aim at unwanted peoples.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs offers a child his rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Another child soldier aims his rifle at incoming German soldiers.

Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry

The Infantry variant of the Mosin Nagant M1891 is also used by Latvian infantrymen.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 - 7.62x54mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The second soldier from the left fires salute salvo with other soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Bolshevik with his rifle over his back.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The same soldier with his Mosin Nagant.

Mauser Gewehr 1898

Most German soldiers are armed with Gewehr 98s.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Two German solders at Artūrs' mother's house with their Gewehrs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A close-up of the Seitengewehr bayonet that barely missed Artūrs' face.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A young German soldier encounters Artūrs during close-combat.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A German soldier named Hans carries a Gewehr 98 over his back in a deleted scene.

Mauser Karabiner 98k

An anachronistic scoped Karabiner 98k is used by the German sniper and later by Artūrs and his father. Some unscoped Kar98ks are also used by German and Latvian soldiers in mass scenes.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Karabiner 98k with S84/98 bayonet - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
An abandoned Kar98k with a fixed bayonet on the right.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A distant view through the tall grass of the sniper's Karabiner.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The caught sniper tries to fire a warning shot.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Vanags holds his camouflaged Kar98k while covering Artūrs' face with mud.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
There are scratches on the buttstock, to show how many kills he made with the rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs aims the carbine at a German soldier, who stands on top of the edge of a trench as a punishment (a rather unlikely event).

Mauser Model 1938

What appears to be an anachronistic Turkish Mauser is briefly seen used by a child soldier.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Turkish Mauser Model 1938 - 7.92x57mm ("8mm Mauser")
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The child soldier second in the foreground aims his Mauser. The front barrel is different from German Mausers.

Mauser Puška vz. 98/22

Post-war Vz. 98/22 Czech Mauser‎s can briefly be seen used by German soldiers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Czech BRNO Vz.98/22 Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Note the tangent leaf sight...
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
...and the front barrel band.

Unknown Rifle

One German soldier can be seen with an unknown Mauser-type rifle in a deleted scene.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The soldier on the right points his rifle at Artūrs; his mate to the left has a Czech Mauser.

Machine Guns

Maxim M1910

Maxim M1910s are used by Latvian soldiers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Maxim 1910 with 'Sokolov' wheel mount, w/o shield - 7.62x54mmR
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A PM 1910 on the barracks' rooftop is used to shoot at a German airplane.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Two child soldiers repel a German attack with the Maxim.

Maxim MG08

Maxim MG08s on Dreifuß 16 tripods are used by German soldiers.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Maxim MG08 on 'sledge' mount - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Maxim next to its badly wounded user.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs takes a look at the dying soldier.

Maxim MG08/15

One German soldier hiding in a tree is armed with a Maxim MG08/15.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shot and fallen from his tree, the dazed German keeps firing his MG 08/15.

Hand Grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

Instead of accurate German stick grenades like the Model 15, 16, or 17, the post-war Model 24 Stielhandgranates are used, persumably standing in for their more historically accurate counterparts.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation Hand Grenade
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Artūrs pockets an M24 taken from a dead German.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Later the next day, he tosses it to Mikkelsons.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A Model 24 thrown by a German soldier in mid-air.

RG-14

Artūrs and other Latvians use RG-14 hand grenades.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
RG-14/30 Soviet hand grenade (Model 1914/30 grenade)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
On the left, Artūrs carries an RG-14 into battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shorty after, he primes his grenade.

Other

Double Barreled Shotgun

A 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun hangs on a wall in Artūrs' mother's home.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The shotgun is seen hanging on the left side of the entrance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A German officer checks the shotgun.

15 cm sFH 13

Schwere Feldhaubitze 13 howitzers are seen in a German position and on a Bolshevik train.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
15 cm schwere Feldhaubitze 13
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
A line of sFH 13s in the German artillery position after the battle.

Romfell Armored Car

An Austro-Hungarian Romfell Panzerwagen supports German forces of the Eiserne Division (Iron Division) during the Latvian War of Independence in 1919.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The Romfell in the far distance; unlike the attack plane, it is not CGI, but a replica.

Plane

A CGI German plane is seen two times.

Error creating thumbnail: File missing
The plane flies over Latvian positions.