Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh)
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Trial of the Road Proverka na dorogakh ) is a 1971 Russian war movie by Aleksei German. It was released only in 1985. The plot of the movie release the drama of Russian POW who was forced to serve Germans and now has to pass a deadly trial in order to prove that he is not a traitor.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh):
Pistols Luger P08 Pistol Luger P08 pistol is seen in hands of Lazarev (Vladimir Zamansky ) and Inga (Anda Zaice ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lazarev, disguised as a German soldier, readies his MP40 SMG and P08 pistol for the "trial on the road". Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lazarev disguised as a German soldier is firing P08. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lazarev is arrested by Petushkov (Anatoly Solonitsyn ) so his P08 is taken away from him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Inga, disguised as a German NCO, is firing P08 in Russian traitor who exposed her being the partisan. Walther P38 Pistol Lokotkov (Rolan Bykov ), commander of the Russian partisan detachment, is seen with Walther P38 pistol in one scene but never fires it. German officers also use P38.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lokotkov (Rolan Bykov ) with P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Wounded German officer (Nikolai Vashchilin ) fires P38. Rifles Mosin Nagant Rifle Mosin Nagant rifles are used by Russian partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan (Pavel Kormunin ) with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30 in ambush. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mitka (Gennadi Dyudyayev ) with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Partisan with Mosin Nagant rifle M1891/30. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two partisans enter a barn, one with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 and the other with MP40 SMG. Submachine guns MP40 SMG MP40 are used by German soldiers and several Russian partisans including Lazarev (Vladimir Zamansky ) and Solomin (Oleg Borisov ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Solomin (Oleg Borisov ) (on the left side of the screenshot, back to camera) carries MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mitka (Gennadi Dyudyayev ) holds the MP40 at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two partisans enter a barn, one with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle and the other with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lazarev (Vladimir Zamansky ) disguised as a German soldier prepares his MP40 SMG and P08 pistol for the "trial on the road". Near him is Solomin (Oleg Borisov ), his MP40 is not seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German motorcyclist with MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier is firing MP40. PPSh SMG PPSh-41 are used by several Russian partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 In one scene a German soldier is seen with a weapon that look like Sturmgewehr 44 . The story take place in December 1942 so StG 44 is an anachronism.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sturmgewehr 44 - 7.92x33mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldier at the right side of the screenshot carries something very similar to StG 44. Machine guns Degtyaryov DP-27 DP light MG is used by Russian partisans.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Old partisan (Fyodor Odinokov ) with DP. MG34 machine gun MG34 is mounted on German motorcycles. It is also seen in twin mountings on the riverboat in the flashback summer scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with front and rear sights folded down. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German motorcyce with MG34 mounted in the sidecar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 in twin mounting on the bow of the tugboat. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 in twin mounting on the barge with Russian POWs. PK machine gun mocked up as MG42 In battle scenes German soldiers use PK machine guns very roughly mocked up as MG42 . In final scene Lazarev (Vladimir Zamansky ) fires this MG from lockout tower. It is PK, not PKM (that can be understood from the form of buttstock).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PK Machine Gun, note the larger curved gas block and the thicker fluted barrel that was found on the original weapon - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier is firing fake MG42. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fake MG42 is mounted on lockout tower. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lazarev (Vladimir Zamansky ) is firing fake MG. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view on buttstock of the fake MG. MG42 The only real MG42 is seen in final scene. It is not firing.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Other weapons BM-37 mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing 82mm BM-37 mortar Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian 82mm BM-37 mortar acting for German 81.4mm mortar. MS-2 booby trap mine MS-2 booby trap mine Error creating thumbnail: File missing Old partisan (Fyodor Odinokov ) plants MS-2 booby trap mine . Trivia Cinema poster of Trial of the Road (1986) 
