Where Were You, Odysseus?
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Where Were You, Odysseus? Gde ty byl, Odissey? ) is a Soviet 1978 three-part made for TV war movie directed by Timur Zoloyev and based on the novel by Aleksey Azarov. In 1944 "Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis ), a Soviet intelligence agent, operates in Nazi occupied Paris under the name of Frenchman Auguste Petitjean. He is accidentally arrested by Gestapo and taken for a British agent. German high rank officials plan to use "Odysseus" as a contact to Allies intelligence services.
The following weapons were used in the film Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?) :
Pistols Walther P38 Throughout the series, Walther P38 pistols are used by Soviet intelligence agent "Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis ), his contact and radio operator Luke (Viktor Malyarevich ), and SS officers Sturmscharführer Vogel (Georgiy Drozd ), Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich (Anatoliy Romashin ) and Brigadeführer Erich Warburg (Aleksandr Lazarev, Sr. ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vogel holds a P38. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luke holds Ehrlich at gunpoint. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Odysseus" with Luke's Walther. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luke holds two Walthers, his own and the pistol, confiscated from Ehrlich. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of one of the P38s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Warburg carries a P38 in holster. Small part of the grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of Warburg's holster. Beretta M1934 SS Scharführer Lota Bolz (Irina Tereshchenko ) and SS Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich (Anatoliy Romashin ) carry Beretta M1934 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beretta M1934 - 9x17mm (.380 ACP) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lota Bolz fires at Vogel (eyes closed). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis ) takes Lota's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ehrlich holds Lota's Beretta. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol in Ehrlich's hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ehrlich, shot by Luke, holds a Beretta. According to the story, this is another Beretta that Ehrlich carries as his backup gun, but the screen gun is doubtless the same prop. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lota Bolz holds her Beretta. Submachine Guns MP40 German soldiers are mostly armed with MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldier Otto (Aleksandr Kavalerov ), patrolling Paris street, carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Otto aims his MP40 at "Odysseus"-Auguste Petitjean. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with MP40 convoys arrested Ehrlich. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An NCO with MP40 in patrol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A young soldier of Volkssturm carries an MP40. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An SS soldier with MP40. Rifles Karabiner 98k Mauser rifles, most likely Karabiner 98k , are briefly seen, carried by German soldiers.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with rifles march at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers with rifles are seen at the background. Trivia Error creating thumbnail: File missing SS Hauptscharführer (Igor Klass ) carries a holster for Luger P08 . A number of wartime photos are seen in the opening on the second part.
PPSh-41 Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 and Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. MP40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier in center carries a captured MP40 . Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 and Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle. Degtyaryov DP-27 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier with DP-27 machine gun. Maxim M1910/30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M1910/30, post 1940 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket - 7.62x54mmR Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier next to a Maxim (most likely M1910/30) machine gun. Artillery Error creating thumbnail: File missing 45mm 21-K naval gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing 152mm D-1 howitzers. 
