Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi)
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Russian Cinema Poster
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Country
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Yugoslavia USSR
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Directed by
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Vladimir Pavlovich
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Release Date
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1975
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Language
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Serbo-Croatian Russian
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Studio
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Filmski Studio Titograd Mosfilm
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Chained Drivers (the approximate translation of original Yugoslavian title Okovani šoferi; Russian title is Edinstvennaya doroga (The Only Road)) is a 1975 Yugoslavian-Soviet war movie directed by Vladimir Pavlovich. The story takes place in April 1944 in Yugoslavian mountains. The German troops need to deliver fuel but the road is under attack of Tito's partisans. Then Germans use Soviet POWs as drivers of the fuel tank cars, chaining them to the steering wheels. Now the partisans have to stop the German columns and free the prisoners.
The following weapons are seen in the movie Chained Drivers:
Handungs
Luger P08
Luger P08s are seen in hands of German officers and partisans.
Luger P08 - 9x19mm. This is blank adapted movie gun.
A German officer with P08.
Gordana fires Holz's pistol in the final scene.
Submachine Guns
MP40
MP40 SMGs are widely used by both German soldiers and partisans.
German soldiers aims
MG34 and MP40s at the partisans on the high mountain.
German soldiers with an
MG34,
MP38s and MP40s in the final scene.
MP38
MP38s are also used by German soldiers and partisans.
A female partisan with MP38.
Waffen-SS officer Bonner (
Boris Rudnev) fires his MP38 while his clothing is burning.
German soldiers with an
MG34, MP38s and
MP40s in the final scene.
Rifles
Sniper Mosin Nagant M1891/30
A Mosin Nagant M1891/30 with sniper scope is a personal weapon of Lyuba (Tatyana Sidorenko).
Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper Rifle with PU 3.5x sniper scope - 7.62x54mm R
Lyuba aims her sniper rifle.
Lyuba cleans her rifle. The maintenance of guns is rarely seen in movies, but here we can see the process of cleaning the barrel of Mosin Nagant rifle.
Lyuba with her rifle in the final scene.
A close view at the rifle and the PU sniper scope.
Machine Guns
MG34
MG34s are widely used by both German soldiers and partisans.
MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser
MG34 is mounted in the German car.
A partisan with MG34 in ambush.
German soldiers aims MG34 and
MP40s at the partisans on the high mountain.
A close view at Ramke's machine gun.
German soldiers with an MG34,
MP38s and
MP40s in the final scene.
Degtyaryov DT (visually modified)
A machine gun that is supposed to be visually modified Degtyaryov DT is used by Yugoslavian partisans in one scene. It is never seen firing.
DT machine gun - 7.62x54mm R. DT could be dismounted from the tank or armored car and used with a bipod as a light machine gun.
A machine gun 1 resembles a
Lewis Gun but due to the position of the bipod it is more likely a visually modified Degtyaryov DT. Such movie props are common in Russian films.
A closer view at the machine gun.
Chatellerault M1924/29
A machine gun that is supposed to be Chatellerault M1924/29 is used by Yugoslavian partisans in one scene. It is never seen firing.
Chatellerault M1924/29 - 7.5 x 54mm
The shape of the flash hider and the position of the front sight matches the Mle 24/29.
Other Weapons
F-1 Hand Grenade
F-1 hand grenades are used by Yugoslavian partisans.
F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade
Two F-1s are seen on the ground.
SPSh Flare Pistol
An SPSh Flare Pistol is used by Walter Holz (Vladislav Dvorzhetsky) in several scenes.
Russian SPSh Flare Pistol - 26.5mm
Walter Holz holds an SPSh flare pistol.
Holz fires a signal flare.
Trivia
BTR-152 appear as German APCs.
A T-34-85 tank is visually modified to resemble German tanks.
Two first tanks in the row are visually modified T-34s while others are post-war T-54.