Legenda o živých mrtvých
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Country
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Czechoslovakia
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Language
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Czech
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Channel
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Československá televize
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Creator
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Petr Tucek
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Genre
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War
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Broadcast
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1971
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No. of Seasons
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1
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No. of Episodes
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4
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Main Cast
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Character
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Actor
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Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých) is a 1971 Czech four-part TV movie about the partisan movement in Moravia at the end of WWII. Partisans gained the cooperation of the local Schupo (Local police) commander, who is a friend of the Gestapo cheif, hopefully helping them discover a traitor in their ranks.
The following weapons can be seen in the TV series Legenda o živých mrtvých:
Handguns
Walther P38
German officers and resistance fighters carry Walther P38s.
Walther P38 pistol (manufactured at the Mauser Factory) - World War II dated - 9x19mm.
The
Schupo commander Major Lenz (
Jirí Dušek) holds his gun.
A young resistance fighter Standa (
Miroslav Streda) aims a pistol from the window.
Conflict between chauffeurs - Willy Kraus (
Václav Kyzlink) (right) aims his P38 at Tony Adler.
Steyr 1912 pistol
Gestapo officers also used a Steyr 1912 pistol, modified to fit in a breast pocket.
Steyr Hahn Model 1912 (1913 mfg) - 9x23mm
The
Gestapo chief Kurt Klein (
Rudolf Jurda) aims at Mjr. Lenz his pistol.
Walther PPK
Countess Eva (Vlasta Fialová) fires a Walther PPK at Major Lenz.
Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz aka .380 ACP
Baby Browning
Countess Eva (Vlasta Fialová) aims her Baby Browning at Mjr. Lenz.
CZ DUO pocket pistol
MUDr. Vinkler (Bohumil Slezácek) decides to kill himself and his wife with CZ DUO pocket pistol.
Nagant M1895
Some Soviet partisans carry the Nagant M1895 revolver
Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo). This example was dated 1939 manufacture and was a War time Issued weapon.
Partisans commander Vasil (Ladislav Vecera) in the final battle with Klein.
Submachine guns
MP38/40
The Germans and the partisans was widely used a MP38 and MP40 submachine guns.
The MP38. The sub-machine gun of the German Military Before 1940. It was still used in small quantities in 1941 and 1942.
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
German soldier with his
MP38 submachine gun hanging around his neck.
Ludwig Schrott (
Milan Holubár) prepares a pitfall for major Lenz in the castle.
Beretta Model 38/42
Among the German soldiers, partisans and ROA are sporadic seen also Beretta Model 38/42 mocked as MP41 submachine guns.
Beretta Model 38/42 - 9x19mm
The MP41. It was produced and used in small quantities in 1941 to 1942.
German soldier (left) armed with a Beretta Model 38/42 as MP41 submachine gun.
Russian
ROA soldier (left) fire from her "MP41" submachine gun.
PPSh-41
The main weapon of partisan troops in Czechoslovak was a Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun.
Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
The encircled girls - radio operators fired at their attackers.
Rifles
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
German soldiers and partisans carry also a VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifles.
Czech VZ-24 Mauser rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser
A German soldier carries a VZ-24 Czech Mauser.
Detail of his VZ-24 Czech Mauser.
Mosin Nagant Rifle
German and ROA (Russian Liberation Army) soldiers are equipped with a Soviet Mosin Nagant sniper rifle.
Full-length, Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle with Russian PU 3.5x sniper scope and down turned bolt handle - 7.62x54mm R
German soldier shoots at a fleeing resistance fighter.
The
ROA sniper fires at Lenz´s car.
Machine guns
MG42
Partisans frequently use the captured German MG42 machine guns.
MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Fleeing partisan with a
MG42 machine gun on his back.
Partisan´s machine gunner sits behind traitor Felix (
Ivan Palúch).
Unknown machine gun
An unknown machine gun is used in a German ambush. It is not an MG30, as the Mg30 is magazine-fed and the weapon in the movie is belt-fed.
Hand grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Model 39 Eihandgranate
Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm
F-1 hand grenade
The partisan marched through the woods with a
F1 hand grenade hanging on his back.
Commander Vasil (
Ladislav Vecera) in addition to the revolver has also a several hand grenades.