The Brest Fortress
Film poster
The Brest Fortress Brestskaya Krepost / Брестская крепость ) is a 2010 Russian-Belarusian World War II drama film directed by Aleksandr Kott. The film tells about the heroic defense of the Brest Fortress, which had taken upon the first strike of Nazi troops on June 22, 1941. The Brest Fortress has become one of the great symbols of the Soviet resistance in World War 2.
The following weapons are featured in the film Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost), The:
Handguns Luger P08 Luger P08 is carried by German troops. Some Soviet characters also use this weapon.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shura Pochernikova (Tatyana Kamina) fires a Luger P08 at German soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sashka Akimov (Aleksei Kopashov) gives a flask of water to wounded border guard while holding a Luger P08 in his right hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He charges the Luger P08 magazine. Tokarev TT-33 Tokarev TT-33 is used by Soviet officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing The commander of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Kizhevatov (Andrey Merzlikin ), fires his Tokarev TT-33 at German soldiers during the melee. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Out of ammo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet officer fires his TT-33 in another melee near the eastern fort. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The regiment commander, Major Pyotr Gavrilov (Aleksandr Korshunov ), with his TT-33. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Grigoryev (Evgeniy Kharitonov (II) ) holds the TT-33. Nagant M1895 Nagant M1895 is used by Soviet officers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet lieutenant with his Nagant M1895 . Submachine Guns MP38 MP38 is used by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm. The submachine gun of the German Military before 1940 Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier fires the MP38 submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier holds his MP38 submachine gun. PPD-40 PPD-40 is used by Soviet troops.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPD-40 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Kizhevatov holds his PPD-40 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Kizhevatov fires his PPD-40 during a night attack. Rifles Mosin Nagant The Mosin Nagant Rifles and Mosin Nagant M38 Carbines are the mainstay weapons of the fortress defenders. Some rifles have hex receivers, as they were manufactured before 1936.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the Mosin Nagant rifles. Note the difference between hex and round receivers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldier with the Mosin Nagant rifle with the hex receiver. Note the spike bayonet on the right side of the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldiers fire their rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing NKVD border guards fire their Mosin Nagant rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 9th Frontier Outpost Border Guard fires his Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldier fires his M38 Carbine. Karabiner 98k The Karabiner 98k is the mainstay weapon of the German soldiers. Some Soviet troops also use their captured Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier holds his rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier fires his Karabiner 98k during the attack of the 9th Frontier Outpost. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers charge their Karabiner 98k during the execution of regimental commissar Efim Fomin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldier with a trophy Karabiner 98k. Note the straight bolt handle and missing rear sight. Tokarev SVT-40 A Soviet sniper is seen using the scoped Tokarev SVT-40 Rifle .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev SVT-40 - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet sniper is seen with his Tokarev SVT-40 Rifle on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the SVT-40. Note that the PU scope seen used is not original scope for SVT-40, it was meant for the Mosin-Nagant rifle. It is also anachronistic as the PU scope was first made in late 1942. Machine Guns PK Machine Gun (modified to resemble MG34) A modified PK or PKM stands in for an MG-34, because the filmmakers only had a single genuine MG-34. This mock up was also used in The Star (Zvezda) .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A picture of the original MG34 and PK conversion Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with PK Machine Gun mocked up as MG34 . MG34 Machine Gun Some German soldiers carry real MG34 Machine Guns, though they are never shown being fired. This was probably due to a lack of sufficient 7.92x57mm blanks or belts, as the weapon is never seen loaded. Some Soviet troops also use their captured MG34s.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier with his MG34 come in the Soviet garrison hospital. Error creating thumbnail: File missing On the left, Soviet soldier with a captured MG34. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another shot of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The MG34 mounted on German motorcycle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake MG34 machine gun in mocked-up PzKpfw III tank. Note this shot is mirrored, as the machine gun and driver's hatch are on the wrong side. PK Machine Gun Replica of the BA-20 armored car carry PK Machine Gun with the front sight removed as their main armament in the film, rather than the correct (and probably unavailable) DT .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PK machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the PK, note the large curved gas block which differentiates this from a PKT. Also visible is the blank fire adapter on the muzzle of the weapon. Maxim M1910/30 The defenders of the Brest fortress used several Maxim machine guns in this movie. Some Maxim machine guns have the large filler cap on the top of the water jacket, which appeared at the end of 1941.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Maxim M1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two Red Army soldiers with the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Red Army soldier firing the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Maxim is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Kizhevatov with the Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lieutenant Kizhevatov fires the Maxim M1910/30 during his last stand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of Maxim M1910/30. Hand Grenades Model 24 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 24 Stielhandgranate "Potato Masher" High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier with the M24 Grenade . Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier throws his grenade. Model 39 Eihandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Model 39 Eihandgranate hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nikolai (Maksim Kostromykin) uses Model 39 Eihandgranate to blow up himself and a German officer. RGD-33 Stick Grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 High-Explosive Fragmentation stick grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The RGD-33 Stick Grenades in a transport configuration. Note some grenades with the fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sergeant major Kovtun (Yuri Anpilogov ) joins together RGD-33 grenades to increase their destructive capacity. Other OSP-30 Flare Pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Captain Zubachev holds his Flare Pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Captain Zubachev fires his OSP-30 Flare Pistol to signal the start of the attack. Undefined automatic cannon Messerschmidt Bf.109 shoots from an automatic cannon at Polikarpov I-16 during air combat. This gun has a low rate of fire like as MK 103. But this weapon was appeared on Bf.109 only in 1944. Also Bf.109 has two cannons in the nose in this movie. I guess it is fictional version of the Messerschmidt Bf.109 fighter.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Messerschmidt Bf.109 shoots from an automatic cannon at Polikarpov I-16 during air combat. Tellermine 35 A German soldier is seen with a Tellermine 35 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tellermine 35 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German on the right holds the mine. Flammenwerfer 41 At the end of the movie, German troops use flamethrowers to destroy the Soviet resistance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flammenwerfer 41 flamethrower Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake Flammenwerfer 41 . 45mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in) Error creating thumbnail: File missing The M1937 is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet artillery gunners fire the M1937 (53-K) anti-tank gun at the German tank. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the M1937 breech. SC-1800 bomb The Germans dropped a 1800 kg bomb on a Brest fortress, causing its defenders to surrender.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Germans dropped a 1800 kg bomb on a Brest fortress. BA-20 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Replica of the BA-20 armored car that also can be seen in Dnieper Line: Love and War Fake PzKpfw III The fake German PzKpfw III tanks were built on the BMP infantry fighting vehicle chassis, and is an excellent mockup. This PzKpfw III also can be seen in Dnieper Line: Love and War
Error creating thumbnail: File missing German tank advancing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German tank advancing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the pyrotechnic wire under the tank barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing This mockup of the PzKpfw III tank was made of wood. Fake Flammpanzer III At the end of the movie, German troops use Flammpanzer III tank. In actuality these tanks appeared in 1943.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fake German Flammpanzer III tank was built on the BMP chassis. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the flamethrower mounted under the tank barrel. 
