Elusive Jan (Neulovimyy Yan)

Original Poster

Country	USSR
Directed by	Isidor Annensky Vladimir Petrov
Release Date	1942
Language	Russian German
Studio	Tbilisi Film Studios

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Jan Smudek	Evgeniy Samoylov
Milcha	Evgeniya Gorkusha
Jaroslav	Yuri Alekseev-Meskhiev
Professor	Georgiy Davitashvili
Drabek	Konstantin Dobjinski
Gestapo agent	Kote Daushvili
German army officier	Anatoliy Smiranin

Elusive Jan (Neulovimyy Yan) is a Soviet B&W 1942 war movie, directed by Isidor Annensky and Vladimir Petrov. It is based on the real story of Czech resistance fighter Jan Smudek.

The following weapons were used in the film Elusive Jan (Neulovimyy Yan):

Pistols

Korovin TK

Milcha (Evgeniya Gorkusha) owns a pocket pistol that appears to be a Korovin TK. A pocket pistol of similar outlook (probably same prop) is seen in hands of a Gestapo agent.

Korovin TK - .25 ACP

Milcha sleeps with a pistol in hand.

A Gestapo agent at the right holds a pistol that is supposed to be a TK.

FN Model 1903

An FN Model 1903 pistol appears in several scenes in hands of Gestapo agents. Jan Smudek (Evgeniy Samoylov) disarms an agent and takes his pistol. A single prop is reused, identified by visible lack of barrel bushing.

FN Browning Model 1903 - 9x20mm Browning Long

A guard of German labor camp executes a Czech.

A Gestapo agent at the right holds an FN Model 1903.

Jan disarms a Gestapo agent.

Jan fires the pistol. The lack of barrel bushing is seen.

A plainclothes Gestapo agent (Kote Daushvili) fires at a Czech waiter who helped Jan.

The lack of barrel bushing is seen.

Jan fires at pursuers.

Steyr M1912

A Gestapo agent (Kote Daushvili) is seen with a Steyr M1912 (later this character is seen with an FN Model 1903). A Steyr is also used by another Gestapo agent.

Steyr Hahn Model 1912 - 9x23mm Steyr

A Gestapo agent at the right holds a Steyr.

A Gestapo agent (Kote Daushvili) draws a Steyr.

Unidentified pistols

Two Gestapo agents hold pistols that can be FN Model 1903s or TT-33s.

One of abovementioned agents holds his pistol.

Submachine Guns

Suomi M31

When Jan Smudek (Evgeniy Samoylov) joins partsans in the final scene, he carries a Suomi M31 SMG.

Suomi KP/-31 - 9x19mm

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

A Mosin Nagant Rifle of unclear model with makeshift attachment of bayonet sword is hold by Sturmabteilung (SA) soldier who pursues after Jan.

Mosin Nagant M1891/30 - 7.62x54mm R

A pursuer aims at Jan.

He is shot and falls, dropping his rifle. The bayonet falls off.

Mauser Puška vz. 98/29

SA soldiers and guards in labor camps carry full-length VZ-98/29 Persian Mauser rifles. In the final scene Milcha (Evgeniya Gorkusha) carries one of these.