"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night
("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu)
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DVD Cover
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| Country
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 USSR
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| Directed by
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Ada Neretniece
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| Release Date
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1967
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| Language
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Russian
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| Studio
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Riga Film Studio
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"Cyclone" Will Begin at Night (a translation of original Latvian title "Ciklons" saksies nakti, Russian title "Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu) is a Soviet Latvian 1967 made for television war movie directed by Ada Neretniece and based on the novel by Dmitriy Morozov. In Autumn 1944, the German intelligence service attempts to organize sabotage groups to act behind Soviet lines in the Carpathian mountains. Capt. Schwartzbruck must be transferred across the front line in order to coordinate "Operation Cyclone". A Soviet agent, under the guise of German officer Liebel, starts his own activities in order to prevent "Cyclone".
The following weapons were used in the film "Cyclone" Will Begin at Night ("Tsiklon" nachnyotsya nochyu):
Pistols
TT-33
Soviet intellegence agent Michel (Pyotr Gorin) carries a TT-33 when he impersonates Capt. Schwartzbruck. Maj. Melnichenko (Yuriy Bogolyubov) holds a TT during the operation against a German group.
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Post-1947 version
Fake Schwartzbruck, dressed in a Soviet uniform, carries a TT in a holster. Note that the spare magazine carrier is empty which would be unlikely in reality.
Oberleutnant Willi Krueger (
Lev Perfilov) confiscates Michel's pistol.
Melnichenko puts the pistol back into its holster.
Luger P08
Michel (Pyotr Gorin) holds a Luger P08 in several scenes.
Michel holds a Luger in the scene in Liebel's house.
A grip of Michel's Luger is seen.
Michel holds a Luger, taken from Krueger during the surrender of Krueger's group in the Carpathians. When Krueger held the pistol previously, it was a P38.
Walther P38
The Soviet intelligence agent, acting as Oberleutnant Liebel (Anatoliy Romashin), Capt. Otto Erich Schwartzbruck (Leonid Satanovskiy), Oberleutnant Willi Krueger (Lev Perfilov), and SS Hauptscharfuhrer Rodenstock (Janis Melderis), carry Walther P38 pistols.
Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Schwartzbruck fires at Liebel and Michel in the scene in Liebel's house.
Liebel holds his P38 in the same scene.
Liebel carries a universal holster for the P08 and P38.
Rodenstock holds Michel/Schwartzbruck at gunpoint while waiting for a radio message confirming Schwartzbruck's credentials.
Rodenstock, disguised as a Soviet sergeant, examines his pistol.
Rodenstock confronts radio operator Mikola Sklyaniy.
Krueger, dusguised as a Soviet sergeant, fires at Rodenstock, suspecting him of treachery.
Another view of Krueger with a P38.
Walther PPK
SS Obersturmfuhrer Frau Kraemer (Velta Line) holds a Walther PPK.
Early Waffenamt marked Walther PPK - 7.65x17mm Auto (.32 ACP)
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Many Soviet soldiers and German soldiers in Soviet uniform are armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns. Some PPShs are fitted with box magazines.
PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
A Soviet soldier carries a PPSh while he bandages Maj. Melnichenko's hand.
Some German soldiers of Krueger's group are disguised as Soviet escorts, armed with PPSh-41s, while others depict POWs.
A Soviet soldier holds a PPSh with stick magazine during the capture of Krueger's group.
Another soldier with a PPSh in the same scene.
PPS-43
Some Soviet soldiers and officers, including Maj. Melnichenko (Yuriy Bogolyubov) and his aide, a Lieutenant (Stanislav Korenev), are armed with PPS-43 submachine guns.
PPS-43 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
The Lieutenant with a PPS-43 at the background.
The Lieutenant arrests radio operator Sklyaniy.
A PPS is seen next to the body of a soldier, gunned down by Rodenstock.
Soviet soldiers with PPS-43s during the capture of Krueger's group.
Maj. Melnichenko carries a PPS-43.
A closer view of Melnichenko's PPS.
MP 40
Gelena (Ausma Dragone), a young Carpathian woman who helps the Soviet troops, carries a MP 40. Michel (Pyotr Gorin) is also seen with a MP 40. MP 40s are used by German soldiers in several scenes.
A soldier with a MP 40 on patrol in Berlin.
Unterfeldwebel Gatenberg (Arnolds Milbrets) carries a MP 40.
Michel takes the MP 40 from Gelena.
An SS soldier carries a MP 40 when Michel/Schwartzbruck meets the German group.
Gelena watches German soldiers.
Gelena holds her MP 40 when she meets Maj. Melnichenko.
Gelena fires at Rodenstock.
Michel covertly removes magazines from MP 40s.
Trivia
Holsters
Some characters carry holsters for pistols that doesn't appear in the film.
Michel carries a holster for a
Makarov PM. It looks empty.
Unterfeldwebel Gatenberg carries a mock-up of a German universal pistol holster.
BTR-152
A post-war BTR-152 APC is seen in one scene. It may be used as a substitution for Lend-Lease M3/M5 half-tracks.
A BTR-152 with Soviet soldiers on a mountain road.
Stock footage is used for the depiction of an aerial bombing of a railway station near Berlin.
A North American B-25 Mitchell in action.
.50 AN/M2 machine guns in nose and dorsal mountings are seen.
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress in action.
A Messerschmitt Bf.109G in action. This is an intercepter version with a pair of 20mm
MG 151/20 autocannons installed in conformal gun pods under the wings. These guns are installed in addition to standard central MG 151/20 and two
MG131 machine guns (the bulges in the cowling, covering the machine guns, are seen).
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