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Forty-Four Mutineers
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Forty-Four Mutineers (Original title: Štyridsaťštyri) is a Czechoslovak war drama directed by Palo Bielik in 1959. The movie tells the story of the actual event of the First World War. He showed daring soldiers who could not reconcile with unnecessary and unjust death in war, who serve only the interests of men who wanted to retain power at any cost. Their uncompromising anti-war attitude causes to had intensified the repression of the commandant Capt. Deutsch (Ctibor Filcík), to which soldiers responded by mutiny. Leader of the revolt of the Slovak infantry regiment in Kragujevac has stood former Cpl. Matej Frujak (Július Vasek). The Rebellion was suppressed, and every third of captured soldiers was executed. The whole story is told by Viktor Kolibec (Juraj Sarvas), who was convicted along with his comrade Tono Mikles (Dusan Blaskovic) and 44 other soldiers of the regiment to death by firing squad, on the way to execution.
The following weapons were used in the film Forty-Four Mutineers:
Handguns
CZ 52
Cpl. Frujak (Július Vasek) (right) in one scene holds a CZ 52 pistol, which was current at the time of filming the movie, but in WWI-time is anachronistic.
Roth-Steyr M1907
The Austro-Hungarian officers often carry Roth-Steyr M1907 as their sidearms.
Rast & Gasser M1898
Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver also belonged to the sidearms of the Austro-Hungarian officers.
Rifles
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The Austrian-Hungarian pawns in this film carry Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles.
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Russian soldiers are armed with anachronistic full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.
Machine Gun
Schwarzlose M1907/24
The Austrian-Hungarian Army used Czechoslovak Schwarzlose M1907/24 machine guns.
Other
Unknown Stielhandgranate
Austrian-Hungarian army soldiers are equipped with unknown Stielhandgranates.
76 mm M1927 Regimental Gun
The staff of Command deployed against the rebels also artillery with post-WWI Soviet M1927 regimental guns.
Trivia