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Legend of the Living Dead (Legenda o živých mrtvých) is a 1971 Czech TV four-part series about the partisan movement in Moravia at the end of WWII. The commander of local garrison major Lenz (Jirí Dušek) fights with his honor and the duties of a German soldier and on the other hand, his conscience. He prefer to his conscience. Significant influence on his decision had his driver, Tony Adler (Stanislav Zindulka) - anti-fascist who has links with the partisans. Lenz's opponent - Gestapo head Klein (Rudolf Jurda) with the assistance of zealous SS officer Lieblein (Ladislav Lakomý), gets information on partisan´s radio. The heroic struggle and death of two Soviet woman-operators Tanya (Jana Švandová) and Valya (Zdena Kruzíková) prevents detection of hiding. Vasil (Ladislav Vecera) partisan´s commander and his commissioner Michael (Josef Šebek) has interested with Lenz to meet, even though he suspected of ambivalent game. Michael unfortunately is wounded in the firefight and then falls in the fight against the odds with his fiancee Helena (Renáta Doleželová). But the result of cooperation with Lenz is a finally revealing of the true traitor Felix (Ivan Palúch), who is caught and shot. He was the son of Countess Eva (Vlasta Fialová), who avenges his death, when to Lenz attract into the trap of the castle and shoot him. The story ends with a few days before the arrival of the Red Army.
The following weapons can be seen in the TV series Legenda o živých mrtvých:
Handguns
Walther P38
German officers and also resistance fighters used a Walther P38 pistol.
Steyr 1912 pistol
Gestapo officers also used a Steyr 1912 pistol, modified to fit in a breast pocket.
Walther PPK
Countess Eva (Vlasta Fialová) aims and fires from a Walther PPK at Major Lenz.
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 Nagant M1895 revolver
Submachine guns
MP40
The Germans and the partisans was widely used MP40 submachine gun.
Beretta Model 38/42
Among the German soldiers, partisans and ROA are sporadic seen also Beretta Model 38/42 mocked as MP41 submachine guns.
PPSh-41
The main weapon of partisan troops in Czechoslovak was a Soviet PPSh-41 submachine gun.
Rifles
VZ-24 Czech Mauser
German soldiers and partisans carry also a VZ-24 Czech Mauser rifles.
Karabiner 98k - sniper
Mosin Nagant
ROA (Russian Liberation Army) members were equipped with a Soviet Mosin Nagant rifle.
Machine guns
MG42
Partisans frequently use the captured German MG42 machine guns.
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
F-1 hand grenade
