A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy)

Modern DVD Cover

Country	USSR
Directed by	Boris Barnet
Release Date	1943
Language	Russian
Studio	TsOKS

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Claude	Viktor Dobrovolsky
Katya	Ekaterina Sipavina
Pyotr Nevskiy	Evgeniy Grigorev
Ivan Doronin	Nikolay Bogolyubov

A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy), also known as Novgorodtsy (Those of Novgorod) is a 1943 Soviet war movie directed by Boris Barnet. Claude, a pilot of Free French Air Force squadron that serves together with Red Army Air Force, is shot down in air battle but lands in the forest, controlled by the Soviet partisan unit. The partisans help Claude to complete the mission to find the heavily camouflaged German airfield.

The following weapons were used in the film A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy):

Pistols

M1911

Vasya Sukhov (Nikolai Stepanov), disguised as a German soldier, carries M1911 pistol. Claude (Viktor Dobrovolsky) also has the M1911 (probably the same prop) that he exchanges for Katya's (Ekaterina Sipavina) Mauser Pocket Pistol.

Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

Vasya Sukhov (in German uniform) runs with the 1911 in hand.

Claude gives his pistol to Katya.

Katya holds the pistol.

Katya fires her pistol.

1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol

Katya (Ekaterina Sipavina) carries the 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol (looks too large for .25 Model 1910). She exchanges it for Claude's M1911.

1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol - 7.65x17mmSR

Katya hands her pistol to Claude.

Claude examines the pistol.

Luger P08

In one scene a German officer uses the Luger P08. A Luger is also hold by a partisan.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

A young partisan at the background runs with the Luger in hand.

A German officer fires the Luger.

Submachine Guns

MP40

Several partisans, including Pyotr Nevskiy (Evgeniy Grigorev), the commander of the partisan unit, and Vasya Sukhov (Nikolai Stepanov), are armed with MP40 SMGs. MP40s are used by numerous German soldiers.

MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm

A bearded partisan in German Stahlhelm carries the MP40.

Nevskiy carries the MP40.

A German soldier with MP40.

A closeup of the barrel.

Vasya carries the MP40.

Rifles

Wz. 29 Mauser

Most partisans, notably Ivan Doronin (Nikolay Bogolyubov), are armed with Wz. 29 Mauser rifles. These Polish Mauser rifles were used by Wehrmacht under the designation Gewehr 29(p); Red Army also got a sufficient number.