The Interpreter
Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Andrey Petrovich Starikov
Vitaliy Khaev
SS-Sturmbannführer Martin Leitner
Joachim Paul Assböck
Aleksandra Konstantinovna Starikova
Larisa Malevannaya
Avdotya Starikova
Karina Andolenko
SS-Untersturmführer Georg Stieber
Georg Blumreiter
SS-Hauptscharführer Franz Saurich
Petar Zekavica
Tamara Chernykh
Anna Ukolova
Semyon Chernykh
Kamil Tukaev
The Translator Perevodchik ) is a Russian 2014 (filmed 2013) war drama mini series. The plot is set in a Nazi occupied Soviet town of Taganrog. The local school teacher Starikov (Vitaliy Khaev ) has to serve as a translator for the German Sicherheitsdienst (SD) to save himself and his family.
The following weapons were used in the film The Interpreter (Perevodchik) :
Pistols Luger P08 (Denix) Initially the head of the SD in Taganrog Sturmbannführer Martin Leitner (Joachim Paul Assböck ) carries a Luger P08 . The markings reveal the gun as a Denix replica. Later Leitner is armed with a Walther P38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Denix Luger P08 non-firing replica Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner threatens Starikov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. The markings can be seen on the front part of the frame. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner holds his pistol. Walther P38 SD officers Sturmbannführer Martin Leitner (Joachim Paul Assböck ), Untersturmführer Georg Stieber (Georg Blumreiter) and Hauptscharführer Franz Saurich (Petar Zekavica) carry Walther P38 pistols. Andrey Petrovich Starikov (Vitaliy Khaev ) hold a P38 in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zaurich draws his pistol in the scene of the execution. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stieber carries a pistol in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner holds a P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He readies the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner suggests Starikov to take the gun and test himself if he is resolute enough to kill an enemy. The pistol has brown grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov with Leitner's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner carries his sidearm in a universal holster for P08 and P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov takes a P38 from Stieber's holster. Unlike Leitner's pistol, this P38 has black grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov readies the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Leitner holds his P38 when he bents over wounded Starikov. Dummy pistol Saurich carries a holster for a FN Model 1922 or a similar pistol with a dummy gun inside.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The dummy pistol grip is seen in Saurich's holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Saurich's holster is a pattern, common for FN Browning 1922. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The dummy pistol grip is seen in Saurich's holster. Submachine Guns MP40 MP40 submachine guns are seen in hands of several German soldiers and officers. Andrey Starikov (Vitaliy Khaev ) is armed with an MP40 in the climactic scene. Two MP40s are seen on screen, one of the early model and another one of the late model, with different cocking handles and magazine wells.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An officer at the left carries an MP40 when the German troops enter Taganrog. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the barrel of an MP40 in the scene in Starikov's flat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier fires at Starikov's neighbour Vanik. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov fires an MP40. This is an early model with a slab-sided magazine well. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov holds another MP40 that he took from a killed soldier. This is a late version with a ribbed magazine well. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmbannführer Leitner (Joachim Paul Assböck ) hands an MP40 to his secretary Hause (Anatoliy Falynskiy) (this character has mixed insignia of SS-Scharführer and SS-Unterscharführer). This MP40 is an early version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Starikov breaks into Leitner's office, his MP40 switches to an early version due to a continuity error. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov's MP40 on the floor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov's MP40 again swithces to a late version. Note that the charging handle is of the pattern that was adopted only in Spring 1942. MP38 When Starikov's first MP40 runs dry, he takes an MP38 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MP38 (the one at the left) and an MP40 are seen on the crate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov takes the MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires the MP38... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...until it runs dry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov throws the empty MP38 on the body of a killed soldier from whom he took an MP40 with a spare magazine. Rifles Tokarev SVT-40 One or two German soldiers are armed with SVT-40 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries an SVT-40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SVT is seen at the left. Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Several Hilfspolizei , notably Andryukha (Oleg Shirshin) and Lyokha (Aleksey Timchenko), carry Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Hilfspolizei patrols the town market. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andryukha holds an M91/30 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andryukha fires at a boy on a rooftop. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lyokha (at the foreground) carries his rifle on sling while Andryukha's rifle leans against the motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Both Lyokha and Andryukha carry their rifles on slings. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andryukha aims his rifle at Starinov. Lyokha, driving the motorcycle, carries his rifle on sling. Karabiner 98k Most German soldiers carry Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Manufactured in Germany, 1937. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k with bayonet - 7.92x57mm Mauser. This is a wartime version with hooded front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers enter the school and order the schoolchildren to get away. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries a Kar 98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier convoys Starikov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the foreground holds a Kar 98k with bayonet during the execution of hostages. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a Kar 98k with hooded front sight. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries a Kar 98k with a bright yellow wood of the stock. Possibly this is a modern rework. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the firing squad aim their rifles during the mock execution of Starikov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier aims his rifle at Starikov in the final scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A production image shows a prop master carrying several Kar 98k. Machine Guns MG34 MG34 machine guns are seen in several scenes, mostly mounted on motorcycles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with 50 round belt drum Gurtrommel 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted on a motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted on a motorcycle, used by Hilfspolizei Andryukha and Lyokha. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 on a barricade of sandbags. The bipod is moved to the rear position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MG34 is seen on a production image. MG34 Panzerlauf An MG34 Panzerlauf machine gun mounted on a German Pz III tank is most likely a mockup.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of a frontal MG34 Panzerlauf machine gun is seen. ZB-30 A ZB-30 machine gun (on the German service it was known as MG 30(t)) is also seen on a motorcycle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB-30 (deactivated) - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A motorcycle with a ZB-30 patrols the night town. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZB-30 is seen at the foreground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The ZB-30 is seen on production images. ZB-53 A ZB-53 (MG 37(t) on Wehrmacht service) machine gun is also used by the German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB-53 (vz. 37) machine gun on tripod - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZB-53 on a road block. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate A number of German soldiers carry Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier at the left carries a grenade tucked into his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the soldiers carries a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another soldier of the same group carries a grenade attached to his backpack. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grenade is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grenade is seen on a production image. Model 39 Eihandgranate During his fight, Andrey Starikov (Vitaliy Khaev ) uses Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenades.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of grenades on the crate. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Starikov takes a grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He readies a grenade... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and throws it. 45 mm 53-K AT Gun A destroyed Soviet 45 mm 53-K AT gun is seen on the road.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) anti-tank gun - 45 mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing A destroyed AT gun and a killed artilleryman. Trivia Several German and Soviet armored vehicles are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Pz. III tank. This is a modern replica build on a BMP-1 chassis. This vehicle is seen in a number of 2010s productions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same Pz. III. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the barrels of the main gun and the MG34 Panzerlauf machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Sd.Kfz. 222 armored car. This replica also can be seen in a number of 2010s productions. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The turret of the armored car is seen at the background. The barrel of the turret gun may be a mockup. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An abandoned BA-6 armored car, also a modern replica. 
