With Clean Hands (Cu mainile curate)

With Clean Hands (Cu mâinile curate) Cinema Poster Country Romania Directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu Release Date 1972 Language Romanian Studio Casa de Filme 5 Distributor Romaniafilm Main Cast Character Actor Mihai Roman Ilarion Ciobanu Tudor Miclovan Sergiu Nicolaescu Ștefan Patulea Alexandru Dobrescu Constantin Semaca George Constantin Buciurligă Stefan Mihailescu-Braila Fane Oarca Sebastian Papaiani Puiu Scorțea Dorin Dron

With Clean Hands (Cu mâinile curate) is a 1972 Romanian crime movie directed by Sergiu Nicolaescu and starring himself as Police Commissioner Tudor Miclovan. The story takes place in Romania immediatly after the World War II. Experienced Tudor Miclovan and newcomer in police Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu) work together against criminals, sharing the goal but using different methods: Roman is a proponent of "acting with clean hands" while Miclovan prefers a street justice.

Sergiu Nicolaescu's character, Tudor Miclovan, appears first time in this movie. Later the basically same character, but named Tudor Moldavan, appears in several movies (The Duel, A Police Commissioner Accuses, Revenge) that takes place in 1939-1941.

The following weapons are seen in the movie With Clean Hands (Cu mâinile curate):

Revolvers

Smith & Wesson Military & Police

The personal weapon of Commissioner Tudor Miclovan (Sergiu Nicolaescu) is a Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver. In the final scene Chief Commissioner Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu) holds Miclovan's revolver. S&W M&P revolvers are also seen in hands of Romanian police.

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special

Tudor Miclovan fires his revolver at the police shooting range.

Another view at this scene.

A police officer fires his M&P revolver at criminals.

Miclovan holds his revolver in the final scene.

Miclovan reloads his revolver with the last bullet.

Nagant M1895 Revolver

Russian Nagant M1895 revolvers are used both by criminals and police.

Nagant M1895 Pistol - 7.62x38N cartridge (aka 7.62 Nagant ammo)

A gangster with Nagant revolver is seen during the kidnapping of Commissioner Mihai Roman.

A gangster holds Nagant revolver in the final scene.

Police officer with Nagant revolver arrests the crime boss Semaca (George Constantin).

Velo-Dog revolver

A Velo-Dog revolver is a backup weapon of a gangster Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila).

Belgian Velo-Dog Revolver - 5.75mm Velo-Dog

Buciurliga carries a backup revolver on his leg.

Buciurliga's girlfirend Charlotte (Aimee Iacobescu) plays a dangerous game with a revolver.

Pistols

Beretta M1934

A Beretta M1934 pistol is a personal weapon of Chief Commissioner Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu). It is also one of the handguns carried by Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila).

Beretta Model 1934 - .380 ACP

A close view at Mihai Roman's Beretta.

Miclovan takes Buciurliga's pistol.

Miclovan and Roman both holds Beretta M1934 pistols. A grip of Miclovan's Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolver is also seen.

Roman holds his Beretta.

CZ 27

A CZ 27 pistol is one of personal weapons of Commissioner Ștefan Patulea (Alexandru Dobrescu).

CZ 27 - .32 ACP

Patulea with his CZ 27 pistol in the scene of the bank robbery.

Another view at Patulea's pistol in the same scene.

Walther PP

Another Patulea's (Alexandru Dobrescu) personal weapons is a Walther PP.

War Time Walther PP Pistol

Patulea with his pistol at the police shooting range.

Another view at Patulea's pistol.

A closer view at the pistol. It looks long enough to be PP, not PPK.

Luger P08 Pistol

Luger P08 pistols are used both by police and criminals.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is a 1917 dated handgun, thus it is a World War One firearm.

An unnamed police commissioner holds his Luger in the opening scene.

A Luger is seen on Ștefan Patulea's (Alexandru Dobrescu) table.

Patulea handles his Luger to Mihai Roman (Ilarion Ciobanu).

Scorțea (Dorin Dron) aims his Luger at Roman. During this scene Scorțea's pistol switches from Steyr M1912 to P08 and back again.

Steyr M1912

Scorțea's (Dorin Dron) Luger P08 switches from Steyr M1912 and back again.

Steyr Model 1912 - 9x23mm Steyr

Scorțea aims his pistol at Mihai Roman. Next moment Steyr will switch to Luger.

The pistol can be seen next to Scorțea's dead hand.

FN Model 1905

An FN Model 1905 (or one of its numerous Spanish copies) is seen in the scene when Tudor Miclovan arrests a criminal Pascu (Mircea Pascu), Buciurligă's henchman.

FN Model 1905 - .25 ACP

Miclovan holds the pocket pistol while Pascu is very upset with this fact.

Submachine Guns

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 submachine guns with stick magazines are seen in hands of various criminals, including Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila).

Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun with 35 round stick magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

A gangster holds a PPSh-41.

Buciurligă fires his PPSh in the scene of the robbery of the cash transporting car. Next to him is his henchman Pascu (Mircea Pascu) with MP38 or MP40.

A gangster with PPSh is seen during the kidnapping of Commissioner Mihai Roman. Note a blank adapter in the muzzle.

A close view at a PPSh in hands of a gangster.

A strange submachine gun is seen in the scene on the police shooting range. It looks mostly like PPSh-41 but has a very short magazine and a different barrel.

MP40

MP40 submachine guns are used by various criminals. Some of them can actually be MP38s but none of them is seen clear enough do be identified for sure.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

Pascu (Mircea Pascu) holds his MP40 in the scene of the robbery of the cash transporting car. Next to him is his boss Buciurligă (Stefan Mihailescu-Braila) with PPSh-41.

Another view at the same scene.

A gangster holds an MP40.

Machine Guns

Degtyaryov DT

A Degtyaryov DT machine gun is mounted in a armored vehicle that appeares in the scene of bank robbery. The vehicle is called "a German tank" in the movie but actually this is Czechoslovakian armoured recovery vehicle VT-34, based on T-34 chassis.

DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

Trivia

A Czechoslovakian armoured recovery vehicle VT-34, based on T-34 chassis, appears as "a German tank" that is used by gangsters.