Problem with Three Unknowns (Zadacha s tremya neizvestnymi)

Problem with Three Unknowns
(Propavshiye sredi zhivykh)

DVD Cover

Country	USSR
Directed by	Boris Shadurskiy
Release Date	1980
Language	Russian
Studio	Belarusfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Militsia Major Andrey Dmitrievich Dorokhov	Leonhard Merzin
Militsia Lt. Matushkin	Vladimir Gerasimov
Militsia Col. Anton Georgievich Belov	Rostislav Yankovskiy
Boris Sergeevich Kopylov	Boris Shcherbakov
Valentina Prilepskaya	Olga Prokhorova
Gennadiy Potapov	Viktor Proskurin
Nikolay Makeyev	Yuri Astafyev

Problem with Three Unknowns (direct translation of the original title Zadacha s tremya neizvestnymi) is a Soviet 1980 (filmed 1979) made for TV two-part detective movie directed by Boris Shadurskiy. Ugolovny Rozysk (criminal police) detectives Dorokhov and Matushkin investigate an armed robbery.

The following weapons were used in the film Problem with Three Unknowns (Zadacha s tremya neizvestnymi):

Makarov PM

Makarov PM pistols, service sidearms of Militsia personnel, are seen in hands of Major Andrey Dmitrievich Dorokhov (Leonhard Merzin) and Lt. Matushkin (Vladimir Gerasimov) on shooting range. Strangely, their PMs switch to TT-33 pistols in action scenes.

Makarov PM - 9x18mm Makarov

Matushkin readies his pistol.

Matushkin fires.

Dorokhov holds a PM.

Dorokhov fires.

Tokarev TT-33

During the arrest of the robber Kopylov both detectives, Dorokhov and Matushkin, carry TT-33 pistols that in reality were long removed from Militsia service. A TT pistol are also used by Boris Kopylov (Boris Shcherbakov) and briefly seen in hands of his accomplice Nikolay Makeyev (Yuri Astafyev).