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Joyeux Noël
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Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) is a 2005 anti-war film directed by Christian Carion.The plot of the film focuses on the Christmas Truce of 1914 between French, German and Scottish soldiers. This fictionalized account based on true events of this time period. Most of the plot is inspired by the event of the German tenor Walter Kirchhoff.
The singing voices for Benno Fürmann and Diane Kruger are Rolando Villazón and Natalie Dessay.
The following weapons were used in the film Joyeux Noël:
Handguns
MAS Mle 1892 Revolver
At the beginning of the movie, French Lieutenant Audebert (Guillaume Canet) is seen with an Mle 1892 Revolver during the attack on German lines.
Luger P08
Two Luger P08s can briefly be seen as Oberleutnant Horstmayer (Daniel Brühl) dischargeds arms.
Rifles
Fusil Mle 1907/15
French soldiers including Ponchel (Dany Boon), Le couturier (Mickey Dedaj), Gueusselin (Lucas Belvaux) and Morallec (Philippe Beautier) use Berthier Mle 1907-15 rifles. This appearance of this rifle in 1914 is an anachronism in two ways, first, the Mle 1907/15 was introduced in early 1915 to colonial troops and the French Foreign Legion and second, regular French infantrymen were not equipped until 1916 due to the shortage of Lebel 1886 rifles that should be used instead for this time. Some captured Berthier rifles are carried by German soldiers after the attack.
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
The Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is the standard rifle for Scottish soldiers. While the use of the SMLE is correct, it is worth mentioning that the Mk III* variant without the magazine cut-off was introduced one year later. The two brothers Jonathan (Steven Robertson) and William (Robin Laing) wield SMLEs throughout the movie.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
Nikolaus Sprink (Benno Fürmann), Oskar (Alexander Wüst), Otto (Otto Beckmann) and other German soldiers are armed with correct Gewehr 98 rifles. Oberleutnant Horstmayer discharges various Gewehrs during the burying of the dead. The matching Seitengewehr 98/02 bayonets are seen but never fixed to them.
Mauser Model 1898/22
Some post-war Czechoslovak vz. 98/22 Mausers are also used by German soldiers like Jörg (Frank Witter). These Mausers have flat tangent-sights instead of Lange Visiers. It may be an anachronism, but it is a better choice than Turkish models or Karabiner 98ks that are used several times in WW1 settings.
Machine Guns
FN MAG 58
An out of time FN MAG 58 is mocked up as to resemble a Maxim MG08/15 is used by German soldiers. it is identifiable that the barrel is at the center of the water jacket and that the bullets be introduced from the left. This mock-up, however, is not correct for Winter 1914, so a Maxim MG08 would be accurate.
Vickers Mk1
The rear part of a Vickers machine gun is briefly seen in the Scottish trench.
Hotchkiss M1914
Also very briefly seen is a Hotchkiss M1914 transported by two French soldiers.
Grenades
Citron Foug modèle 1916
The French soldier Gueusselin (Lucas Belvaux) arm himself with several Citron Foug modèle 1916 grenades. It's an anachronism because the grenade was introduced 2 years later.
