Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?)

Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?) DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Timur Zoloyev Release Date 1978 Language Russian Studio Odessa Film Studio Main Cast Character Actor "Odysseus"/Auguste Petitjean/Franz Lehmann Donatas Banionis SS Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich Anatoliy Romashin Lota Bolz Irina Tereshchenko SS Sturmscharführer Vogel Georgiy Drozd Dr. Gauck Lev Perfilov SS Standartenführer Zoller Karlis Sebris Luke Viktor Malyarevich SS Brigadeführer Erich Warburg Aleksandr Lazarev, Sr.

Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?) is a Soviet 1978 three-part made for TV war movie directed by Timur Zoloyev and based on the novel by Aleksey Azarov. In 1944 "Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis), a Soviet intelligence agent, operates in Nazi occupied Paris under the name of Frenchman Auguste Petitjean. He is accidentally arrested by Gestapo and taken for a British agent. German high rank officials plan to use "Odysseus" as a contact to Allies intelligence services.

The following weapons were used in the film Where Were You, Odysseus? (Gde ty byl, Odissey?):

Pistols

Walther P38

Throughout the series, Walther P38 pistols are used by Soviet intelligence agent "Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis), his contact and radio operator Luke (Viktor Malyarevich), and SS officers Sturmscharführer Vogel (Georgiy Drozd), Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich (Anatoliy Romashin) and Brigadeführer Erich Warburg (Aleksandr Lazarev, Sr.).

Walther P38 - 9x19mm

Vogel holds a P38.

The grip is seen.

The barrel is seen.

Luke holds Ehrlich at gunpoint.

"Odysseus" with Luke's Walther.

Luke holds two Walthers, his own and the pistol, confiscated from Ehrlich.

Another view of one of the P38s.

Warburg carries a P38 in holster. Small part of the grip is seen.

A good view of Warburg's holster.

Beretta M1934

SS Scharführer Lota Bolz (Irina Tereshchenko) and SS Sturmbannführer Karl Ehrlich (Anatoliy Romashin) carry Beretta M1934 pistols.

Beretta M1934 - 9x17mm (.380 ACP)

Lota Bolz fires at Vogel (eyes closed).

"Odysseus" (Donatas Banionis) takes Lota's pistol.

Ehrlich holds Lota's Beretta.

Another view of the pistol in Ehrlich's hand.

Ehrlich, shot by Luke, holds a Beretta. According to the story, this is another Beretta that Ehrlich carries as his backup gun, but the screen gun is doubtless the same prop.

Lota Bolz holds her Beretta.

Submachine Guns

MP40

German soldiers are mostly armed with MP40s.

MP40 - 9x19mm

German soldier Otto (Aleksandr Kavalerov), patrolling Paris street, carries an MP40.

Otto aims his MP40 at "Odysseus"-Auguste Petitjean.

A soldier with MP40 convoys arrested Ehrlich.

An NCO with MP40 in patrol.

A young soldier of Volkssturm carries an MP40.

An SS soldier with MP40.

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Mauser rifles, most likely Karabiner 98k, are briefly seen, carried by German soldiers.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Soldiers with rifles march at the background.

Soldiers with rifles are seen at the background.

Trivia

SS Hauptscharführer (Igor Klass) carries a holster for Luger P08.

Footage

A number of wartime photos are seen in the opening on the second part.

PPSh-41

PPSh-41 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev

Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 and Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.

MP40

MP40 - 9x19mm

A Soviet soldier in center carries a captured MP40.

Mosin Nagant M1891/30

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

Soviet soldiers with PPSh-41 and Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifles.

A soldier with Mosin Nagant M1891/30 rifle.

Degtyaryov DP-27

Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun - 7.62x54mm R

A soldier with DP-27 machine gun.

Maxim M1910/30

Maxim M1910/30, post 1940 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket - 7.62x54mmR

A soldier next to a Maxim (most likely M1910/30) machine gun.

Artillery

45mm 21-K naval gun.

152mm D-1 howitzers.