Pavel Korchagin
Original Theatrical Poster
Pavel Korchagin Vladimir Naumov and based on the novel How the Steel Was Tempered ("Kak zakalyalas stal") by Nikolai Ostrovsky (1932-1934). The protagonist, Pavel ("Pavka") Korchagin (Vasiliy Lanovoy ), is a young man from small Ukrainian town of Shepetovka (currently Shepetivka) who joins Reds during the Russian Civil war and after the civil war participates in the building of a railroad to save the countryside from famine in hard winter. Trying to overcome mortal illness, nearly loosing his sight, Korchagin writes memoirs about his youth.
This movie is the second screen adaptation of the original novel, preceded by 1942 movie How the Steel Was Tempered (Kak zakalyalas stal) 1973 TV series , reworked in 1975 into two-part theatrical version. The novel was also adapted for screen in Yugoslavia in 1988 and in China in 2000.
The following weapons were used in the film Pavel Korchagin :
Revolvers Nagant M1895 A Nagant M1895 revolver is seen in hands of Bolshevik Tokarev (Dmitri Milyutenko ).
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 A closeup of Nagant holster of an Ukrainian officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Nagant is seen in hands of Tokarev in the scene in stormy night. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev (in center) holds a Nagant. Next to him Kholyava (Leonid Parkhomenko ) holds a Rast-Gasser M1898 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Rast-Gasser M1898 In several scenes Chekist Kholyava (Leonid Parkhomenko ) and Komsomol activist Franz Klavichek (Lev Perfilov ) carry Rast-Gasser M1898 revolvers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rast-Gasser M1898 Revolver - 8x27mm Gasser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kholyava holds a Rast-Gasser revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He readies his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Deadly wounded Klavichek tries to fire at attacking bandits. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kholyava holds a Rast-Gasser in center. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Rast-Gasser revolver is seen (on top) during the night shootout with bandits of Batka Orlik. Smith & Wesson Victory A Smith & Wesson revolver is used by Pavel Korchagin (Vasiliy Lanovoy ). It appears to be the same Smith & Wesson Victory Model that is seen in a number of productions of Kiev/Dovzhenko Film Studio.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Victory Model, a modified and parkerized version of the Smith & Wesson Military & Police . The sample is a British "Lend Lease" version chambered in .38 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pavel Korchagin holds the revolver. Pistols Mauser C96 Mauser C96 pistols are used by various characters, notably Ivan Zharkiy (Vladimir Marenkov ), Nikolay Okunev (Aleksandr Lebedev ), Kholyava (Leonid Parkhomenko ) and Fyodor Zhukhrai (Pavel Usovnichenko ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man at the left (tall, in brown jacket) carries a Mauser C96 in wooden holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Okunev holds a Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The head of the railway station (Nikolay Grinko ) carries a Mauser in holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He surrenders his pistol to Ivan Zharkiy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kholyava holds a Mauser, taken from sick Korchagin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korchagin's Mauser is now in hands of a Komsomol activist (Valentin Kobas ) who accompanies sick Korchagin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A thug in train (Yevgeny Morgunov ), disguised as a sailor, carries a Mauser in holster. In previous scene he carried a mockup of a Mauser (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korchagin's companion with a Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukhrai carries a Mauser in holster. Mauser C96 mockup In several scenes a wooden mockup of Mauser C96 in holster can be seen. It appears to be the same prop that was used several years earlier in Restless Youth (Trevozhnaya molodost)
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red Army man (second from the left) carries a wooden mockup of holstered Mauser C96. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A thug in train (Yevgeny Morgunov ), disguised as a sailor, carries same mockup Mauser. Later this character is seen with a real Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same mockup Mauser is now seen carried by a head of a railway station (at the left). CZ 27 An out of time CZ 27 is seen in hands of Pavel Korchagin (Vasiliy Lanovoy ) in the scene, set in 1924.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing CZ 27 - 7.65x17mm (.32 ACP) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Korchagin draws a CZ 27 pistol in the scene in train. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing He plans to commit suicide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing But he changes his mind. Rifles Mosin Nagant M1891 Red Army men and soldiers of Ukrainian National army are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles. Both Infantry and Dragoon versions can be seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Rifle - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Convoy of arrested Fyodor Zhukhrai holds an M91 rifle with bayonet. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pavka Korchagin (Vasiliy Lanovoy ) attacks the convoy in order to help Zhukhrai to escape and fights for the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pavka Korchagin and Sergei Bruzzhak (Yevgeniy Mikhalyov ) pick up rifles and greet Red troops. The rifle at the left seems to be Dragoon model while the one at the right looks more like Infantry model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reds defend the train. Most rifles are of Dragoon model; some are fitted with bayonets, attached backwards. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of Korchagin's rifle in the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same battle scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Red sailor with rifle on a railway station. Mannlicher M1895 Most soldiers of Ukrainian National army are armed with Mannlicher M1895 rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30 machine gun - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim on Red tachanka cart. Ivan Zharkiy (Vladimir Marenkov ) is the gunner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Zharkiy at the machine gun on the top of railway wagon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the machine gun on the top of the railway wagon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim 1910/30, post 1940 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Maxim of post-1940 version is mounted on Red tachanka . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ukrainian National troops fire a Maxim and rifles at attacking Reds. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the machine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Zharkiy fires a Maxim at attacking bandits of Batka Orlik. Maxim mockup Error creating thumbnail: File missing A pair of Maxim machine guns on Red tachanka appear to be mockups (the barrels seem to be wooden). Other Weapons Hand Grenade In one scene a Red sailor carries a large stick hand grenade, possibly a mockup.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade lacks any signs of fuze and safety and seems to be a mockup, generally based on RG-14 . Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing Symon Petliura (uncredited), the President of the Ukrainian National Republic, carries a holster for compact pistol. 
