Borchardt On Film!
 

The movie: "Planeta Burg", made in Russia in 1962. Re-dubbed by Roger Corman and released in the U.S. in 1965 as "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet".

Set in the year 2020, a three-ship convoy of Cosmonauts voyage to the planet Venus. While they are there they are beset by some dinosaurs, which they proceed to shoot at with their pistols.

In a very brief scene, one of the Cosmonauts is seen in medium-closeup to be firing a C-93 Borchardt!

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The front of the gun is dressed so it "reads" better visually; although it is seen slightly in perspective, it is clearly a Borchardt. In this comparison picture one can clearly identify the spring housing and the frame which holds it; the lanyard loop; the toggle knob extension; the frame rail extending forward; the vertical safety bar; and the screw above the trigger.

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This Borchardt is a full-firing weapon. There is one frame which catches the action working; this image-processed view clearly shows the toggle moving to its "up" position, with the spent shell ejecteing above it.

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--Dwight

Very cool. Wow Dwight, you have some eye...

very nice.... hmmm 1952 russian movie at 1:30 AM!!!

Very good catch Dwight... I wonder where this pistol is NOW?

I went to Netfix.com and they list 2 films."Voyage to a Prehistoric Planet" and "Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women". Both are described as having special effects from "Planeta Burg". So it looks as if anyone who is signed up for Netflix can get a chance to see them. I wonder if both of them show the Borchardt?

Steve Richards

If you ever watched the TV series "Get Smart", you can see Max taking a Borchardt from underneath his trenchcoat. It is one of many weapons pulled out to disarm himself. Bernie Koppel (I Think) who plays an ex-Nazi who is in charge of the bad guys KAOS comments that that is an interesting looking gun. Smart says it is one of their latest designs. I don't know if it is on purpose, but that is a lot of subtle humor in that scene, in honor of the Borchardt...

I went to Fry's Electronics today and there in the DVD movie section is "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet". I thought that was quite a coincidence. The cover of the DVD has a picture of Borchardt being fired by what appears to be the same guy, only from a different angle...

Borchardt
 

Darned if this movie didn't turn up on local TV here! Borchardt and all!