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[[File:Umbrella_coup_film.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Umbrella Coup'' (1980)]] | [[File:Umbrella_coup_film.jpg|right|thumb|300px|''Umbrella Coup'' (1980)]] | ||
| − | '''Umbrella Coup''' | + | '''Umbrella Coup''' is a french comedy film inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was ''Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare''. Grégoire Lecomte ([[Pierre Richard]]), the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe ([[Gert Fröbe]]) at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder. |
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==M1911 pistol series== | ==M1911 pistol series== | ||
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[[Image:ColtMkIVSeries70.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt MK IV Series 70 - .45 ACP - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:ColtMkIVSeries70.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Colt MK IV Series 70 - .45 ACP - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Gordon_Mitchell-M1911.jpg|none|thumb|600px|Hitman Moskovitz ([[Gordon Mitchell]]) is planning to be shot Gregoire Lecomte from [[M1911]] pistol.]] | [[Image:Gordon_Mitchell-M1911.jpg|none|thumb|600px|Hitman Moskovitz ([[Gordon Mitchell]]) is planning to be shot Gregoire Lecomte from [[M1911]] pistol.]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 38== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 38== | ||
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[[Image:SWBodyguard.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:SWBodyguard.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:SmithandWesson-Model_38.jpg|none|thumb|600px|A police officer Sylvette ([[Valérie Mairesse]]) wears in cart her [[Smith & Wesson Model 38]] revolver.]] | [[Image:SmithandWesson-Model_38.jpg|none|thumb|600px|A police officer Sylvette ([[Valérie Mairesse]]) wears in cart her [[Smith & Wesson Model 38]] revolver.]] | ||
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==MAT-49 machine gun== | ==MAT-49 machine gun== | ||
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The police man uses a with [[MAT-49]] machine gun. | The police man uses a with [[MAT-49]] machine gun. | ||
[[Image:MAT-49Folded.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:MAT-49Folded.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 38 - 9x19mm]] | ||
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==MAS-49== | ==MAS-49== | ||
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The doctor ([[Mike Marshall]]) uses a [[MAS-49]] rifle. | The doctor ([[Mike Marshall]]) uses a [[MAS-49]] rifle. | ||
[[Image:MAS49RifleA.jpg |thumb|none|350px|MAS-49/56]] | [[Image:MAS49RifleA.jpg |thumb|none|350px|MAS-49/56]] | ||
Revision as of 18:10, 17 April 2012
Umbrella Coup is a french comedy film inspired by several assassinations of Bulgarian dissidents where the so-called Bulgarian umbrella was used as a weapon. The working title of the film was Le Coup du Parapluie Bulgare. Grégoire Lecomte (Pierre Richard), the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a producer, and they mistake him for a hitman with whom they had an appointment. Deluded Lecomte signs contract with them. He is supposed to kill gun dealer Otto Krampe (Gert Fröbe) at his birthday party in Saint-Tropez by piercing him with a cap of the umbrella with a built-in syringe with potassium cyanide. Lecomte is not aware that it has to be a real murder.
The following weapons can be seen in Umbrella Coup:
M1911 pistol series
File:Gordon Mitchell-M1911.jpg
Hitman Moskovitz (Gordon Mitchell) is planning to be shot Gregoire Lecomte from M1911 pistol.
Smith & Wesson Model 38
File:SmithandWesson-Model 38.jpg
A police officer Sylvette (Valérie Mairesse) wears in cart her Smith & Wesson Model 38 revolver.
File:Valerie Mairesse-Smith andWesson38.jpg
Sylvette to save Grégoire Lecomte (Pierre Richard) with precise shot into the lead of Moskovitz.
MAT-49 machine gun
The police man uses a with MAT-49 machine gun.
File:Police-MAT-49.jpg
The police armed with MAT-49 machine guns they're coming with a cross after the funeral.
MAS-49
The doctor (Mike Marshall) uses a MAS-49 rifle.
File:Mike Marhall-MAS49 56.jpg
The doctor is in vain trying to kill Grégoire Lecomte with a his rifle MAS-49 bearing by the optical sights.