The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech)
Original Theatrical Poster
The Shield and the Sword Shchit i mech , German title Schild und Schwert , Polish title Tareza i miecz ) is a Soviet-East German-Polish 1968 B&W four-part spy movie directed by Vladimir Basov and based on the novel by Vadim Kozhevnikov. In 1940 the Soviet intelligence officer Aleksandr Belov (Stanislav Lyubshin ), posing as a Latvian Volksdeutsche Johann Weiss, moves to German Reich and makes a career in Abwehr and later in Sicherheitsdienst (SD). During the war he provides valuable information and also helps the anti-Nazi resistance.
Note: this movie is sometimes erroneously credited as TV mini series, but it was theatrically released in two parts, each containg two episodes ("No Right To Be Themselves" ("Bez prava byt soboy") and "Order: Survive" ("Prikazano vyzhit") in Part 1, "Without Appeal" ("Obzhalovaniyu ne podlezhit") and "The Last Frontier" ("Posledniy rubezh") in Part 2).
The following weapons were used in the film The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech) :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 revolvers are seen in several scenes, used by a Polish female fighter and by a German agent, posing as a Red Army commander (both in Ep.2). The revolver of fake Red Army commander is briefly used by Johann Weiss (Stanislav Lyubshin ).
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 Polish agents of Capt. von Dietrich ambush the car of Weiss and Heinrich Schwarzkopf. A female fighter at the right holds a Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss gets the Nagant from the fake Red Army commander. Pistols FN Model 1910 Throughout the movie Johann Weiss' (Stanislav Lyubshin ) sidearm is an FN Model 1910 . Some German officers are also seen with FN 1910s. This is a correct weapon as former Belgian, Dutch and Danish FN 1910s were issued to Wehrmacht and law enforcement agencies of Nazi Germany.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss holds his FN 1910 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Weiss' pistol in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss (at the right) holds his pistol in another scene (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss cocks the pistol (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet intelligence agent Nina Aleksandrova (Valentina Titova ) carries a pistol (supposedly the same FN 1910) in holster (Ep.3). A small part of the grip can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Steinglitz (Aleksey Glazyrin ) carries a pistol (supposedly the same FN 1910) in holster (Ep.3). A small part of the grip can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A perfect view of Weiss' FN 1910 when he confronts the murderers of Maj. Steinglitz (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A high rank Abwehr official Lansdorff (Vatslav Dvorzhetsky) draws an FN 1910. Error creating thumbnail: File missing High-ranking SS Franz (Anatoliy Kubatskiy ) holds an FN 1910 in the scene in airplane. Walther P38 Various German officers use Walther P38 pistols throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Polish agent (uncredited) of Capt. von Dietrich holds a P38 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character holds a P38 at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Von Dietrich (Juozas Budraitis ) holds a P38 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johann Weiss (Stanislav Lyubshin ), disguised as an SS officer, holds a P38 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss with a P38 in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A murderer confronts Maj. Steinglitz with a P38 (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of the P38 in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heinrich Schwarzkopf (Oleg Yankovskiy ) holds a P38 (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Heinrich Schwarzkopf (Oleg Yankovskiy ) holds a P38 (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss fires at the SS Untersturmführer who is in charge of concentration camp (Ep.4). Luger P08 Luger P08 pistols are seen in hands of German officers and soldiers and of resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish agents of Capt. von Dietrich ambush the car of Weiss and Heinrich Schwarzkopf. A man in center holds a Luger (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A member of international resistance group Karl Kuhnert (Kurt Müller-Reitzner) holds a P08 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jurgen Henig (Jürgen Frohriep ), another member of the resistance group, holds a P08 in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henig and a Czech member of the group Jaromír Drobný with P08s in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jaromír Drobný (at the left) holds a P08 in the same scene. Note: Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires a P08 in air next to Weiss' head when he (currently under the name of Peter Kraus) is tested for neural response. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. The jointed arm is in rear position so the Luger runs out of ammo. Pocket Pistol In Ep.2 Soviet pilot Lt. Aleksey Zubov (Georgiy Martynyuk ), posing as a German Alois Hagen, uses a pocket pistol to kill a German pilot (Uldis Dumpis ). The pistol seems to lack any kind of extractor, and the slide seems to be a whole with the frame, so the gun is most likely not a genuine pistol but some kind of lighter pistol, or maybe a starter pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zubov-Hagen uses a pocket pistol. Submachine Guns MP40 MP40 submachine guns are widely used by German soldiers. Members of international resistance group also use MP40s.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center carries an MP40s (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers in the truck hold MP40s (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the MP40 of a soldier on the road block (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish agents of Capt. von Dietrich ambush the car of Weiss and Heinrich Schwarzkopf. A woman in center holds an MP40 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jerzy Czyzewski (Wojciech Duryasz ), a Polish member of international resistance group, carries an MP40 (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry in Abwehr training center (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS soldiers fire MP40s during the mock execution (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johann Weiss (Stanislav Lyubshin ) with MP40 (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry with MP40 at the bunker of Reich Chancellery (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some of Maj. Dzhalalov's soldiers are armed with MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers in battle with Soviet unit of Maj. Dzhalalov. Some are armed with MP40s. PPSh-41 Some German agents, disguised as Soviet soldiers, carry PPSh-41 SMGs in Ep.2. In Ep.4 Soviet soldiers of Maj. Dzhalalov's (a cameo of film director (not of this movie) Gavriil Yegiazarov) unit, including Dzhalalov himself, are mostly armed with PPSh-41s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Soviet soldier with a PPSh (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Dzhalalov's soldiers with PPSh-41s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Dzhalalov holds a PPSh. Rifles Karabiner 98k German soldiers carry Karabiner 98k rifles in several scenes. In one scene in Ep.1 the patrolmen of People's Militia in Riga (Latvia) are armed with 98k rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Patrolmen in Riga carry 98k rifles (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet agent Bruno (Vladimir Basov ) carries a 98k rifle (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Bruno's rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier on the top of tank turret holds a 98k rifle (Ep.1). What can be erroneously identified as a protruding magazine appears to be some detail of soldier's equipment. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A sentry of military commandant carries a 98k rifle (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers run with rifles during aerial bombardment (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS soldiers guard Soviet POWs (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the battle with Soviet unit of Maj. Dzhalalov many German soldiers are armed with 98k rifles (Ep.4). Mosin Nagant M1891/30 In Ep.2 a German agent, disguised as a Soviet soldier, carries a Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle. In Ep.4 M91/30 rifles are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers of Maj. Dzhalalov's unit.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The instructor of Abwehr training center Oberfeldwebel (Senior NCO rank) Hacke (Nikolay Penkov ) disarms a fake Soviet soldier (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with M91/30 rifles (Ep.4). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several M91/30 rifles are seen at the right. Assault Rifles Sturmgewehr 44 In the final scene in Ep.4 some German and Soviet soldiers are armed with Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Kurz Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier with StG 44 is seen in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldier at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of StG 44 in hands of a Soviet soldier is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier with bandaged head holds an StG 44. AKM In the same scene AKMs are used as a substitution for Sturmgewehrs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some German soldiers hold AKMs. Slant compensators are removed for attaching of blank firing devices. Machine Guns MG34 MG34 machine guns are seen in several scenes, notably in Ep.4 when Zubov-Hagen (Georgiy Martynyuk ) uses an MG34 against high rank Nazis in the plane.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is seen mounted on a German motorcycle at the left (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing An MG34 is mounted on watchtower in concentration camp (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers on march. MG34 is seen at the left (Ep.3). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zubov with MG34 as a gunner in a German airpane that transports high rank officers and officials. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zubov opens fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closeup of the barrel. MG34 Panzerlauf (mockup) Mockups of MG34 Panzeflauf machine guns are mounted on fake German tanks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 Panzerlauf with stock fitted - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of frontal machine gun is seen. It appears to be a mockup of MG34 Panzerlauf. 37mm 61-K 37mm 61-K automatic anti-aircraft guns stand for German AA artillery during the attack of Soviet planes on German airfield in Ep.4.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 37-mm M1939 (61-K) automatic air defense gun - 37x252SR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two 37mm AA guns are seen at the right. Other Weapons Model 24 Stielhandgranate In the final scene in Ep.4 Johann Weiss (Stanislav Lyubshin ) and the fighters of resistance group use several Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" high-explosive fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Grenades are used as a part of explosive charge. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Weiss throws a grenade. Panzerfaust Panzerfaust anti-tank launchers are seen in hands of German soldiers in Ep.3. The exact model is unclear, possibly these weapons are mockups.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Panzerfaust - 44mm with 149mm warhead Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry Panzerfausts at the right. 85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) Several AA guns are seen on German airfield in Ep.4. They are most likely Soviet 85mm 52-K .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 85mm Air Defense Gun M1939 (52-K) - 85x629mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing One or two AA guns are seen in center in distance. They are most likely Soviet 85mm guns. 120 mm Mortar M1938 In Ep.4 Soviet troops use a 120mm regimental mortar M1938 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 120-mm regimental mortar M1938 on wheeled carriage Error creating thumbnail: File missing A truck tows a 120mm mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Dzhalalov's soldiers load a 120mm mortar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The mortar in action. Trivia Holsters Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS Standartenführer Willy Schwarzkopf (Algimantas Masiulis ) and another SS officer carry Walther P38 holsters of early pattern (Ep.1). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Capt. Von Dietrich (Juozas Budraitis ) carries a Walther P38 holster, Maj. Axel Steinglitz (Aleksey Glazyrin ) carries an FN Model 1910 holster (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Oberleutnant Gerlach (Lev Polyakov ) carries a Luger P08 holster, Hauptmann Gerd (Anatoliy Verbitskiy ) carries a holster for some compact pistol (Ep.2).Error creating thumbnail: File missing Johann Weiss (Stanislav Lyubshin ) carries an out of time Makarov PM holster (Ep.2). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fake Red Army Politruk (a cameo of film director (not of this movie) Vasili Ordynsky) carries a universal pattern holster for Nagant M1895 and TT-33 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maj. Dzhalalov (Gavriil Yegiazarov) carries a TT-33 holster (Ep.4). Tanks and Armoured Vehicles Error creating thumbnail: File missing T-34 tanks, mocked up as German tanks, in Ep.1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Such "Tigers", based on T-44, look anachronistic for Summer 1941. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Less elaborated version of German tank, based on IS-2, in same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Turrets of both version of "German tanks". Error creating thumbnail: File missing An AT-P armoured artillery tractor appears as a German vehicle in the scene on airfield in Ep.4. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet T-34-85 tanks in Ep.4. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet 76.2mm ZiS-3 field guns on march. Airplanes Soviet Pe-2 dive bombers are seen in documentary footage in Ep.4.
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