The Return of Maxim
(Vozvrashchenie Maksima)
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Original Theatrical Poster
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| Country
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 USSR
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| Directed by
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Grigoriy Kozintsev
Leonid Trauberg
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| Release Date
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1937
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| Language
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Russian
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| Studio
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Lenfilm
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The Return of Maxim (Vozvrashchenie Maksima) is a Soviet 1937 historical drama directed by Grigoriy Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg. This is the second part of Maxim Trilogy, depicting the life of a young factory worker, Maxim Lisitsin, who becoms a revolutionary and organises the labor strike of Peterburg workers in Summer 1914. The movie is followed by the third part, The Vyborg Side (Vyborgskaya storona) (1939) that shows Maxim Lisitsin after the Russian revolution 1917.
Note: the first part of the trilogy, The Youth of Maxim (Yunost Maksima) (1935), lacks any firearms and so isn't listed on IMFDB.
The following weapons were used in the film The Return of Maxim (Vozvrashchenie Maksima):
Revolvers
Nagant M1895
In several scenes, notably during the fighting of the barricades, revolutionary workers, police personnel and Army officers use Nagant M1895 revolvers.
Nagant M1895 Revolver - 7.62x38R Nagant. Note the angular front sight which was used from 1930s.
A defender of a barricade fires a Nagant.
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Gorodovoy (policeman) fires a Nagant.
Maksim Lisitsin (
Boris Chirkov) grapples with a
Gorodovoy for the revolver.
Maksim with captured Nagant.
Maksim's Nagant runs out of ammo (after 10(!) shots in a row). Next to him a worker also holds a Nagant (in previous scene this character holds a Bulldog revolver, see below).
Workers with Nagants carry away wounded Maksim.
An officer with a Nagant in hand tears away the red banner from the barricade.
An NCO at the foreground holds a Nagant in the same scene.
Short-barreled Nagant M1895
A Gorodovoy fires a short-barreled Nagant M1895. It is one of the most early appearances of this version of Nagant on screen. Sources about shortened Nagants vary: were they produced in Russian Empire or this version appeared only in 1920s (this is more credible).
Nagant M1895 Revolver with 3.3" barrel - 7.62x38R Nagant
A
Gorodovoy fires a short-barreled Nagant.
Rast-Gasser M1898
A Gorodovoy uses a Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver. In reality this Austro-Hungarian revolver wasn't ever issued in Russia.
Rast-Gasser M1898 Revolver - 8x27mm Gasser
A
Gorodovoy carries a revolver in hoslter. The shape and angle of the grip match Rast-Gasser revolver.
Mishchenko manages to disarm his opponent.
Bulldog Revolver
One of the revolutionary workers is armed with a kind of Bulldog revolver.
Webley British Bulldog - .45
A worker on barricade draws a snub nose revolver that appears to be a kind of Bulldog.
Another view of the revolver.
Rifles
Mosin Nagant M1891
Russian Army soldiers are armed with Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles. Both Infantry and Dragoon versions are seen.
Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry Rifle - 7.62x54mm R
Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Dragoon Rifle - 7.62x54mm R
Soldiers march with rifles.
Cavalrymen disperse the workers demonstration. Their rifles appear to be full-length Infantry rifles rather than shorter Dragoon model.
A cavalryman at the left carries an M91 Infantry rifle.
Soldiers storm the barricade and arrest revolutionary workers.
An officer and soldiers arrest Natasha Artemyeva (
Valentina Kibardina). The soldiers hold rifles that seem to be Dragoon model.
Soldiers with M91 Infantry rifles on the captured barricade.
Soldiers hold rifles when going to front in first days of the Great War. The rifles seem to be a mix of Infantry and Dragoon models.
A good view of the barrel and bayonet of M91 Infantry rifle in hands of Maksim Lisitsin (
Boris Chirkov), drafted in army.
A soldier (Mikhail Dubrava) in railway wagon holds a rifle with bayonet, attached backwards.
Mannlicher M1895
Some cavalrymen, dispersing the workers demonstration, carry Mannlicher M1895 rifles, standing for Mosin Nagant M1891s.
Original Austro-Hungarian Steyr Mannlicher M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher
Cavalrymen carry Mannlicher M1895 rifles.
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
An aged worker on barricades is armed with a Double Barreled Shotgun.
An aged mustached worker readies and aims his shotgun.
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