The Secret Fairway
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Main Cast
Character
Actor
Sr.Lt. / Capt.Lt. Boris Ivanovich Shubin
Anatoliy Kotenyov
Viktoria Pavlovna Mezentseva
Larisa Guzeeva
Shurka Lastikov (in childhood)
Vyacheslav Bogatyrev
Shurka Lastikov (adult)
Sergey Bystritskiy
Faddeichev
Leonid Trutnev
Capt. 3rd Rank Selivanov
Vladimir Naumtsev
Capt. 1st Rank Nazarov
Valeriy Yurchenko
Fregattenkapitan Gerhard von Zwischen
Uldis Dumpis
The Secret Fairway Sekretniy farvater ) is a 1988 (filmed 1986-1987) Soviet four-part made for TV adventure war movie directed by Vadim Kostromenko and based on the novel by Leonid Platov. In 1944-1945 Soviet torpedo boat commander Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov ) several times encounters a German U-boat, nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman", that performs top secret missions. After the war Shubin finally uncovers the dark secrets of the activities of the submarine.
The following weapons were used in the film The Secret Fairway (Sekretniy farvater) :
Pistols TT-33 Sr. Lt., then Capt. Lt. Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov ) carries a TT-33 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin puts the pistol on the table and draws a spare magazine from the holster. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin reloads the TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol is seen in open holster. This is a correct pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin raises his TT during the boarding of a German boat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin carries a TT in Naval pattern holster. Margolin MTs In the final episode, set in 1952, a saboteur frogman (Pyotr Sherekin) carries a Margolin MTs pistol with an adjustable barrel compensator. Then the saboteur is disarmed by Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Margolin MTsM with magazine removed - .22 LR Error creating thumbnail: File missing The frogman fires at Shubin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol on the ground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin holds the frogman at gunpoint. Submachine Guns PPSh-41 PPSh-41 submachine guns are seen in hands of numerous Soviet soldiers and sailors, including the crewmembers of Shubin's torpedo boat - boatswain Faddeichev (Leonid Trutnev ) and sailors Dronin (Stanislav Riy) and unnamed ones (Igor Tiltikov and Igor Ravitskiy). Capt. Lt. Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov ) holds a PPSh during the landing in Pillau in April 1945.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Faddeichev holds a PPSh during the recon mission on a small island in the Baltic skerry in 1944. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember of Shubin's boat with a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of a PPSh in hands of a soldier of the landing group. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dronin carries a PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember of Shubin's boat carries a PPSh during the boarding of a German boat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember with a PPSh at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin holds a PPSh. MP40 German soldiers and sailors, as well as some Soviet sailors are armed with MP40 submachine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A crewmember of Shubin's boat holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German artilleryman carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In the scene on the U-boat, a German sailor, guarding the secret cargo, holds an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another U-boat sailor (Rudolf Mukhin ) with an MP40. MP38 Some MP38s are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier at the left holds an MP38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Supposedly same soldier cocks the bolt of his MP38. Assault Rifles AKM In the mass scenes AKMs are seen in hands of Soviet soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKM - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the landing group hold AKMs. The white blank firing adapter is seen on the muzzle of an AKM at the left. The narrow front sight allows to differ an AKM from an AK-47. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of AKM with blank firing adapter is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The buttstock is seen. AK-74 Like AKMs, AK-74s are also seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AK-74 - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier holds an AK-74 during the landing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the AK-74. Machine Guns and Autocannons Degtyaryov DP-27 DP-27 machine guns are briefly seen in several scenes. During the night battle in Pillau, German soldiers fire a machine gun that also seems to be a DP-27.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DP is seen at the left during the Soviet landing operation. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires a machine gun. The pan magazine allows to identify the machine gun as a DP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet sailor carries a DP. Degtyaryov-Shpagin DShK DShK machine guns on naval mountings are mounted on Project 1204 ("Shmel"-class) artillery boats instead of standard post-war 25 mm 2M-3M autocannons to make the boats look more similar to the WW2 era torpedo boats.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK on naval mounting - 12.7x108mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A DShK on the boat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The machine gun in action. Error creating thumbnail: File missing DShK machine guns on two boats are seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the DShK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dronin (Stanislav Riy) at the DShK. ZU-23 A Soviet post-war ZU-23 AA twin autocannon is seen in the opening scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZU-23-2 - 23x152mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A ZU-23 on position in sandbag protection. This post-war gun may be used as a stand-in for wartime 25 mm 72-K or Lend-Lease Oerlikon AA autocannons. Other Weapons OSP-30 Flare Pistol In the final post-war episode Boris Shubin (Anatoliy Kotenyov ) and Shurka Lastikov (Sergey Bystritskiy) use an OSP-30 Flare Pistol .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing OSP-30 Flare Pistol - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin fires a flare pistol at the saboteur frogman. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shubin reloads the flare pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shurka holds the flare pistol. F-1 Hand Grenade During the operation on the remote island in the Baltic skerry in 1944, Faddeichev (Leonid Trutnev ) hands two F-1 hand grenades to the meteorologist Viktoria Mezentseva (Larisa Guzeeva). The black body indicates URG practice grenade.
URG F-1 practice grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing Faddeichev hands two grenades to Mezentseva. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenades lie on a stone. PTRS-41 In one scene Soviet sailors carry a PTRS-41 AT rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PTRS-41 - 14.5x114mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two sailors carry a PTRS at the background. Trivia Project 613 Submarine Soviet S-376 submarine (Project 613, Whiskey -class) appears in the movie as the secret German U-boat, known as "The Flying Dutchman".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Project 1204 Artillery Boat Three Project 1204 ("Shmel"-class) artillery boats (also classified as patrol gunboats) appear in the movie as Soviet wartime torpedo boats. Two single torpedo tubes, taken from decommissioned torpedo boats, are installed on each boat instead of BM-14 MLRS, and standard 25 mm 2M-3M autocannons are replaced with single DShK machine guns. Nevertheless, these artillery boats with large tank turrets have very different look from more than two times smaller D-3-class or Komsomolets -class torpedo boats.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The boats transport landing troops. The main gun, the torpedo tubes and the stern DShK machine gun are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Torpedo tubes are seen when the boats are in the base. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The turret is a naval version of the turret of PT-76 tank with 76.2 mm D-56T gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the main gun. In this scene the muzzle brake is removed, probably because the gun fires blanks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The chase after a German boat. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 152 mm gun-howitzer ML-20 appears in the film as a German artillery piece. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A 122 mm howitzer M-30 appears in the film as a German artillery piece. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 100 mm field guns BS-3 are seen on the march. Documentary footage of the World War II is used in the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unidentified heavy field gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Loading of a twin 100 mm AA naval gun OTO Mod. 1928. A number of these guns was purchased by USSR in Italy in early 1930s and mounted on three cruisers of the Black Sea Navy. In the Soviet Navy this gun was known as Minizini after the Italian designer of the AA mounting. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Kirov class (Project 26 or 26-bis) cruiser fires the 180 mm main guns in triple turrets. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A D-3 class torpedo boat. Two DShK machine guns are mounted on the bow and on the roof of the wheelhouse; torpedoes can be seen behind the wheelhouse. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Setting up M1909 or M1912 naval mines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A patrol boat (most likely MO-4 class) in action. The stern 45 mm 21-K gun and depth charges rack are seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A G-5 class torpedo boat. The torpedoes are seen. 
