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Difference between revisions of "The Red Baron"
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|director = Nikolai Müllerschön | |director = Nikolai Müllerschön | ||
| − | |date= April | + | |date= April 10, 2008 |
|language = English<br /> French<br /> | |language = English<br /> French<br /> | ||
|character1=Manfred von Richthofen | |character1=Manfred von Richthofen | ||
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| − | '''''The Red Baron''''' is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön | + | '''''The Red Baron''''' is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön and is loosely based onthe last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighofer]]) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss ([[Til Schweiger]]), Sternberg ([[Maxim Mehmet]]) and Lehmann ([[Hanno Koffler]]) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte ([[Lena Headey]]), he discovered the horrors of war. |
{{Film Title|The Red Baron}} | {{Film Title|The Red Baron}} | ||
__TOC__<br clear=all> | __TOC__<br clear=all> | ||
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=Handguns= | =Handguns= | ||
| − | ==Mauser Pocket Pistol== | + | ==1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol== |
| − | The personal sidearm of Lothar ([[Volker Bruch]]) and Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a [[Mauser Pocket Pistol]]. In reality he carried a [[Luger P08]]. | + | The personal sidearm of Lothar ([[Volker Bruch]]) and Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a [[1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol]]. In reality, he carried a [[Luger P08]]. |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:1914MauserPocket.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser Taschenpistole M1914 - 7.65x17mmSR]] |
| − | [[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table.]] | + | [[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table. Note the not so wavy grip, unlike the 1934 model.]] |
[[File:rb_pocket_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by Britsh and French prisoners.]] | [[File:rb_pocket_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by Britsh and French prisoners.]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 3== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 3== | ||
| − | Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with | + | Canadian Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with a nickel plated [[Smith & Wesson Model 3]] revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen ('''Note''': In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918 where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.). |
| − | [[File:Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian 1st Model.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian 1st Model - .44 Russian. The American Model is | + | [[File:Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian 1st Model.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model 3 Russian 1st Model - .44 Russian. The American Model is analogous, only chambered for .44 S&W American.]] |
| − | [[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his holster.]] | + | [[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his unfolded holster. In the next scene he describes himself as a member of the "Royal Canadian Flying Corps" which did not exist. Actually he served in the British Royal Naval Air Service, and would have worn a naval officer's uniform.]] |
[[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip.]] | [[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip.]] | ||
==Luger P08== | ==Luger P08== | ||
| − | A '' | + | A ''Sturmpionier'' officer, German special unit trained in construction and the demolition of fortifications, holds a [[Luger P08]] before the German Spring Offensive in 1918. |
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_Luger.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer on the left.]] | + | [[File:rb_Luger.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer on the left. The soldier next to him prepares a Stielhandgranate.]] |
=Rifles= | =Rifles= | ||
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[[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Garand - .30-06]] | [[Image:M1 Garand.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M1 Garand - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|450px|For comparison: Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British]] | [[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|450px|For comparison: Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* - .303 British]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_garand_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two lines of ANZAC soldiers with their Garands.]] | + | [[File:rb_garand_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two lines of ANZAC soldiers with their Garands; some of them are equipped with box magazines.]] |
| − | [[File:rb_garand_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clearer view of the iron sights.]] | + | [[File:rb_garand_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Clearer view of the iron sights and the too high misplaced muzzle.]] |
==Czech Mauser 98/22== | ==Czech Mauser 98/22== | ||
Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#VZ-98.2F22_Czech_Mauser|VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser]]s standing for accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 98]]s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "''Lange Visiers''". | Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[Mauser_Rifle_Series#VZ-98.2F22_Czech_Mauser|VZ-98/22 Czech Mauser]]s standing for accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898|Gewehr 98]]s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "''Lange Visiers''". | ||
[[Image:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[Image:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|BRNO Vz.98/22 Czech Mauser - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px| | + | [[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers with their Czech Mausers on their backs while wounded Capt. Brown gets captured, which never happened.]] |
==Karabiner 98k== | ==Karabiner 98k== | ||
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[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:rb_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire.]] | [[File:rb_kar_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire.]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_kar_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two | + | [[File:rb_kar_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two soldiers with their Karabiners covering von Richthofen.]] |
==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ||
| − | The [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets. | + | The historically accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets. |
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]] | [[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]] | ||
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==Cape Gun== | ==Cape Gun== | ||
| − | During the opening young Richthofen is on the hunt with a ''Cape Gun'', the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with | + | During the opening in 1906, young Richthofen ([[Tomás Koutník]]) is on the hunt with a ''Cape Gun'', the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with one smoothbore and one .22 caliber rifled barrels. |
| − | [[File:rb_dr_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Young Richthofen aims the weapon.]] | + | [[File:rb_dr_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Young Richthofen aims the weapon at a deer.]] |
| − | [[File:rb_unknownshot_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richthofen with the weapon while looking at a | + | [[File:rb_unknownshot_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Richthofen with the weapon while looking at a French Bleriot XI (first flight in 1909).]] |
==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun== | ==12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun== | ||
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[[File:Rafmachinegunlewis3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|For comparison : Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British]] | [[File:Rafmachinegunlewis3.jpg|thumb|none|450px|For comparison : Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British]] | ||
[[File:rb_lewis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The tail gunner of Roy Brown's Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 fires the Lewis.]] | [[File:rb_lewis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The tail gunner of Roy Brown's Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 fires the Lewis.]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_lewis_2_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hawker fires at Richthofen.]] | + | [[File:rb_lewis_2_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hawker ([[Richard Krajco]]) fires at Richthofen.]] |
[[File:rb_lewis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lewis on the left.]] | [[File:rb_lewis_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lewis on the left.]] | ||
[[File:rb_lewis_3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Does anyone have a wrench?''"<br />Richthofen looks at Hawker's Lewis Gun...]] | [[File:rb_lewis_3_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|"''Does anyone have a wrench?''"<br />Richthofen looks at Hawker's Lewis Gun...]] | ||
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[[File:rb_howitzer-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of German howitzers.]] | [[File:rb_howitzer-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of German howitzers.]] | ||
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The Red Baron is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön and is loosely based onthe last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighofer) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss (Til Schweiger), Sternberg (Maxim Mehmet) and Lehmann (Hanno Koffler) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte (Lena Headey), he discovered the horrors of war.
The following weapons were used in the film The Red Baron:
Handguns
1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol
The personal sidearm of Lothar (Volker Bruch) and Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol. In reality, he carried a Luger P08.
Smith & Wesson Model 3
Canadian Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is briefly seen with a nickel plated Smith & Wesson Model 3 revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen (Note: In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918 where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.).
Luger P08
A Sturmpionier officer, German special unit trained in construction and the demolition of fortifications, holds a Luger P08 before the German Spring Offensive in 1918.
Rifles
M1 Garand (Mocked-Up as SMLE No.1 Mk.III*)
ANZAC soldiers are seen with M1 Garands mocked up to resemble British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles during the funeral of Capt. Clyde Walker.
Czech Mauser 98/22
Some German soldiers can be seen carrying VZ-98/22 Czech Mausers standing for accurate Gewehr 98s rifles. They are Identifiable due they have flat tangent sights instead of "Lange Visiers".
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers also carry anachronistic Karabiner 98ks in the movie (although they may stand for authentic Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbines). Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The historically accurate Mauser Gewehr 1898 is carried by German soldiers in the second half of the movie. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they're equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.
Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*
An actual Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is briefly seen in a British trench.
Hunting Guns
Cape Gun
During the opening in 1906, young Richthofen (Tomás Koutník) is on the hunt with a Cape Gun, the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with one smoothbore and one .22 caliber rifled barrels.
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
Werner Voß (Til Schweiger) is seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.
Machine Guns
LMG 08/15
LMG 08/15 Air machine guns are mounted on German planes.
Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun
The Sopwith plane of Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is armed with two Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun.
Lewis Mk II Aircraft
The secondary weapons of British planes are air-cooled Lewis Mk II Aircraft MGs.
ZB-53 / Vz.37
Czech ZB-53 / Vz.37 are mocked up to resemble Parabellum MG14 and Maxim MG08 machine guns.
Maxim MG08
Near at the end of the movie, German soldiers carry real Maxim MG08s equipped with ZF12 scopes. An MG08 is also seen in a French foxhole.
Maxim 08/15
Before the last great offensive of the German Empire in 1918, two Maxim MG08/15 are seen.
Flamethrowers
Kleinflammenwerfer M.16
A Sturmpionier holds a Kleif M.16 before the German offensive.
Grenades
Model 16/17 Stielhandgranate
German soldiers are seen with several Model 16 and Model 17 Stielhandgranates.
Other
Model 1917 French Flare Gun
A German pilot fires a French flare gun at an Allied balloon.
21 cm Mörser 16
