The Wild East
Japanese Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Strannik
Konstantin Fyodorov
Godfather
Konstantin Shamshurin
Beatnik
Aleksandr Aksyonov
Marilyn
Zhanna Isina
Mongol
Farkhad Amankulov
The Stunt Man
Nikolay Krutov
Ivan Taiga
Aleksandr Sporykhin
Skull
Viacheslav Knizel and Viacheslav Chernykh
Iona
Gennadi Shatunov
Old Man
Pavel Shpakovsky
The Wild East (original title is Дикий восток , Dikiy vostok Seven Samurai The Magnificent Seven Mad Max The Needle (Igla) , Rashid Nugmanov.
The story takes place in post-USSR territory, in a post-apocalyptic world, when an unnamed war lasts. The settlement of the Lilliputians, former circus artists, located in the place somewhere near the border with China, which is far from military operations, but the crime and marauding gangs are everywhere. The settlement is being terrorized by a gang of bikers, under the direction of "Skull". A gang defeated the local police, and then bikers kill one of the members of the community, while imposing upon them an exorbitant tribute. Two of the Lilliputians go in search of fighters to protect the village and find a guy named Strannik (Wanderer). He agrees to their proposal, and then convenes his team.
Note 1 : this movie was internationally released, so, it's equipped with non removable English subtitles.
Note 2 : while nearly all sites wrongly tell that this movie was filmed completely in Russian, the character named Mongol (the Mongolian) speaks only some Asian language. However, he was played by a Kazakh actor and this movie is Kazakhstan produced and filmed, so it's hard to say, if this language is Mongolian or Kazakh.
The following weapons were used in the film The Wild East :
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Pistols TT-33 Godfather (Konstantin Shamshurin ) carries the Tokarev TT-33 . Strannik (Konstantin Fyodorov ) later uses it in the end of the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug holds a TT, taken from Godfather. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Godfather holds his TT. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Godfather aims... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Godfather fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Strannik grabs the TT. Luger P08 Luger P08 can be seen in the hands of several characters. Only a single movie prop was used.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a blank adapted movie gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug holds the Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the Fascists (far left) fires a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Fascist (Arkadiy Shamaev) fires his Luger. Mauser C96 M1930 Several bikers carry Mauser C96 M1930 pistols. Strannik uses a C96 during the Skull's "Seven Deaths" test. It can be ID'd by a stepped barrel and smooth rails on sides, which differentiate it from the original Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser C96 M1930 - 7.63x25mm Mauser. Note the stepped barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser (for comparison). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug (at the far right) aims a Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another Skull's thug with the holstered Mauser. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull (Viacheslav Chernykh) loads the Mauser... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and charges it. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Strannik aims the Mauser. M1911A1 The M1911A1 is the personal sidearm of Zhukovsky (Robert Pastukhov), "right hand" of Skull.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukovsky aims an M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukovsky puts his pistol in the holster. Unique Bcf-66 The road gangster (uncredited) fires a Unique Bcf-66 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Unique Bcf-66 - .380 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gangster draws his pistol... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and aims it. Revolvers Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model Godfather (Konstantin Shamshurin ) gives a Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model to Strannik (Konstantin Fyodorov ), which he uses throughout the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model - .44 Russian Error creating thumbnail: File missing Godfather holds a Smith & Wesson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Strannik investigates his new sidearm. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Strannik aims his Smith & Wesson. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close view of the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A perfect view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver's barrel is used as smoke pipe. Unknown Revolver One of the bikers carries the unknown revolver. It could be the Nagant M1895 , but cannot be precisely determined.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug aims the revolver (in the background, second from right). Error creating thumbnail: File missing A slightly other view of this gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of the other side of this gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The hammer and rear part part of the gun can be seen (pointed by arrow). Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Several Lilliputians and Bikers use the 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Godfather investigates the old broken shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several Lilliputians at the right carry the double barreled shotguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lilliputians with the double barreled shotguns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lilliputians take cover. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lilliputian at the right with the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thug (second from left) holds the double barreled shotgun. Sawn-off Double Barreled Shotgun The Sawn-off Double Barreled Shotguns are carried by many members of the Bikers gang and Fascists.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zabala Sawed-off Double Barreled Shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ibrahim (uncredited) aims his Sawn-off... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but Mongol (Farkhad Amankulov ) easily tooked it from him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's bandit (Aleksandr Baranov II) holds the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sawed off side by side shotgun with exposed hammers - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug holds the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the exposed hammers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Thug aims. IZh-5 What appears to be a IZh-5 Single Barreled Shotgun is used by one of Lilliputians.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IZh-5 - 16 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the settlers holds the shotgun in the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character fires (in the background). Note that in this scene the shotgun is equipped with a home-made suppressor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same character with the shotgun on the shoulder (at the left). Unknown Pump-Action Shotgun At least a one member of bikers gang use unknown pump-action shotgun with pistol grip. It resemble the Remington Model 870 , but the gun is visible only at a distance, and cannot be accurately identified.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 870 with Hogue pistol grip - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug fire at the police car. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submachine Guns PPSh-41 Beatnik (Aleksandr Aksyonov) uses a PPSh-41 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksandr Aksyonov holds a PPSh-41 in a promotional still for the film. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beatnik aims his PPSh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beatnik in ambush. Sa 25 The Sa 25 SMG can be briefly seen in the hands of the Skull's thug.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sa 25 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the long barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun can be seen slightly better. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Assault Rifles AKS-74 The AKS-74 with GP-25 attached can be seen in the hands of several characters, including Ivan Taiga, Strannik, Zhukovsky and Skull.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74 with Bakelite magazine - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga aims. Error creating thumbnail: File missing nother view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukovsky holds AKS-74 with GP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Skull (currently played by Viacheslav Knizel) holds the weapon. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Thug fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Fascist with the AK. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga aims. AKS-74U Several of the Skull's thugs and Fascists are armed with the AKS-74U .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing AKS-74U (also referred to as the "AKSU" or 'Krinkov') - 5.45x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug fires. Battle Rifles Mosin Nagant M44 The Mosin Nagant M44 is the Old man's (Pavel Shpakovsky) weapon of choice.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Mosin Nagant is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Old man with his Mosin Nagant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Old man with his Mosin Nagant. Mosin Nagant sawn-off "obrez" At least one Lilliputian and several bikers are armed with the Mosin Nagant sawn-off "obrez" .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sawn-off Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R. In Russian such a weapon is called "obrez " which means "cut". It was mostly used by criminals and rebels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The midgets fires in air. "Obrez" is noted by arrow. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The midget at the center holds the "Obrez". Error creating thumbnail: File missing The midget at the center holds the "Obrez". Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine The short bolt-action rifle, what appears to be a Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine , is seen in the hands of one of the bikers. One of the settlers also later carries the M1907 carbine.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant Model 1907 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug with the rifle (in the background, at the left from main hero). Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Skull's thug (at the left) aims his gun. Note the typical muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same gun can be seen slightly better (at the left). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Villager in the background holding a rifle. Machine Guns Degtyaryov DP-28 The Degtyaryov DP-28 can be briefly seen in the police car. One of the bikers also later are seen with the DP-28.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Degtyaryov DP-28 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing The drum mag can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The typical DP muzzle can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Biker on the roof holds DP-28. Grenades & Launchers F-1 hand grenade Ivan Taiga (Aleksandr Sporykhin) takes a F-1 hand grenade from a dead fascist.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade Error creating thumbnail: File missing The grenade on the belt of a dead fascist. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga turns the pin. RGD-33 stick grenade RGD-33 stick grenade can be seen taken by Ivan Taiga from a dead fascist.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing RGD-33 high-explosive fragmentation stick grenade, shown with the diamond-patterned fragmentation sleeve. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga takes the grenade from a dead fascist. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga with the grenade. Smoke Grenade Ivan Taiga uses the smoke grenade during his first appearance.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga activates the smoke grenade. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The smoke grenade discharges. GP-25 GP-25 is attached on Ivan Taiga's AKS-74 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing GP-25 grenade launcher - 40mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Close Up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zhukovsky holds an AKS-74 with GP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Skull (currently played by Viacheslav Knizel) holds the weapons. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Close Up. Trivia Various Guns The Fascists and Bikers uses the different weapons during the attack on the village.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gang fires. From left to right: Luger P08 , AKS-74U , what appears to be a Mosin Nagant sawn-off "obrez" . The other guns are too unclear for identification. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Bikers aim their guns. One in the background carries the AK rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Biker at the left aims some type of handgun, while the Biker at the right aims some type of sawn-off shotgun. The Biker on the roof holds DP-28. Crossbow Ivan Taiga arms himself with the crossbow, after his firearms were captured from him.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga with the crossbow in his hands. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ivan Taiga prepares to use the crossbow against one of the fascists. Armored Vehicles Abandoned armored vehicles can be seen in several scenes.
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