Fiasco of Operation Terror
(Krakh operatsii "Terror")

Original Russian Theatrical Poster

Country	USSR Poland East Germany
Directed by	Anatoliy Bobrovskiy
Release Date	1981
Language	Russian Polish
Studio	Mosfilm PRF Zespol Filmowy DEFA

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky	Krzysztof Chamiec
Ivan Vasilyevich alias Pronin	Sergey Shakurov
Lida	Elena Tsyplakova
Wincenty Matuszewski	Tomasz Zaliwski
Kirill Prokopyevich Nikolaev	Leonid Kulagin
Ivan Nikolaevich Borisov	Mikhail Pogorzhelsky
Gleb Vitalyevich Glazov	Andrey Mironov
Mikhail Sladkopevtsev	Georgiy Taratorkin

Fiasco of Operation Terror (Russian title Krakh operatsii "Terror", Polish title Krach operacji Terror) is a Soviet-Polish-East German 1981 (filmed 1980) two-part historical drama directed by Anatoliy Bobrovskiy and based on the novel "Goreniye" ("Burning") by Yulian Semyonov. The movie portrays an episode of the biography of Felix Dzerzhinsky in early 1920s when Dzerzhinsky was the chairman of VChK (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission) and of People's Commissariat (ministry) of Transportation. The movie is the second part of dilogy, preceded by Osobykh primet net (1979).

The following weapons were used in the film Fiasco of Operation Terror (Krakh operatsii "Terror"):

Revolvers

Nagant M1895

Nagant M1895 revolvers are used by Socialist-Revolutionary (SR) fighters, notably Lyubovtsev (Valeriy Skorobogatov) and Zinzinov (Jonas Vaitkus). Gleb Vitalyevich Glazov (Andrey Mironov), former General of Russian Imperial Gendarmes and at that time an emigrant in Paris, uses a Nagant when an SR fighter, also armed with a Nagant, attempts on his life. The revolvers are of post-1930 version.

Nagant M1895 - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.

Lyubovtsev, posing as a Chekist, fires at train engineers during the attack of the train with Siberian grain. The angular front sight is seen.

A Chekist carries a Nagant in holster.

A good view of Nagant holster of another Chekist.

Nagant of SR fighter Kolya (Aleksei Pankin) is seen on the table.

Kolya holds his revolver.

SR fighter Vasya (Mikhail Kokshenov) holds a Nagant.

An SR fighter fires at Glazov in the scene in restaurant in Paris.

Glazov returns fire.

The SR, shot by Glazov, drops his Nagant.

When SR fighters of Lyubovtsev's group attack a train, one of the attackers (at the left) fires a Nagant.

Zinzinov fires at revealed Chekist Ivan Vasilyevich (Sergey Shakurov) who posed as SR Pronin.

Pistols

Mauser C96

Lyubovtsev (Valeriy Skorobogatov) uses a Mauser C96 in several scene.

Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser

Lyubovtsev, posing as a Chekist, carries a Mauser C96 in holster when he stops the train with grain. Despite carrying a Mauser, in this scene he fires a Nagant (see above).

Lyubovtsev holds a Mauser during the attack on railway bridge.

FN Model 1900

Gleb Vitalyevich Glazov (Andrey Mironov) owns an FN Model 1900 pistol that he surrenders to Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Krzysztof Chamiec).

FN Model 1900 - .32 ACP

Glazov enters the room with an FN Model 1900 pistol in hand.

Dzerzhinsky holds Glazov's pistol.

The pistol on the table.

FN Model 1910

Kirill Prokopyevich Nikolaev (Leonid Kulagin) owns an FN Model 1910 pistol that he surrenders to Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (Krzysztof Chamiec).

FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP

Nikolaev takes his pistol from the drawer.

He hands the pistol to Dzerzhinsky.

Various handguns

A number of unidentified handguns can be seen in a pile of weapons, confiscated from SR conspirators.

A pair of Nagant M1895 revolvers at the bottom (1 and 2), a wide grip of S&W or Colt revolver at the left (3), a nickel plated pistol that is possibly the same FN Model 1900, seen in another scene (4), a pistol that is supposed to be a Steyr M1912 (5), a pistol that is supposed to be an FN Model 1910 (6).