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[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The unused Maxim among resting soldiers.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The unused Maxim among resting soldiers.]] | ||
[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Becker and Schmitz pick the machine gun up to transport it.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Becker and Schmitz pick the machine gun up to transport it.]] | ||
− | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The squad with the deployed Maxim in a trench. In this picture, the different | + | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The squad with the deployed Maxim in a trench. In this picture, the different tasks of a German MG crew can be seen well: The ''Unteroffizier'' (Corporal) observes the action, gunner 3 loads the belt into the gun, gunner 2 fires it, and the first gunner has constant eye contact with the officer to pass on his orders.]] |
[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view of the left side while firing.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A view of the left side while firing.]] | ||
[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Schmitz now acts as the second gunner.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Maxim5.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Schmitz now acts as the second gunner.]] |
Revision as of 14:51, 28 July 2023
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Death is My Trade is a 1977 German movie written and directed by Theodor Kotulla and starring Götz George. The adaptation of the script is based on the 1952 French novel La mort est mon métier by Robert Merle. Like the novel, the film is based on interrogation transcripts from the trial of Rudolf Höß, SS officer and commandant of the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, as well as on his autobiographical notes, which he wrote while in British custody and, after his extradition, in Polish custody in 1946/47 before he was executed as a convicted war criminal. Instead of the name Rudolf Höß, on whose biography the plot is based, the pseudonym Franz Lang is used in the film following an anonymizing intention. The real Rudolf Höß had initially gone into hiding under this name after the Second World War as a supposed boatmate until he was unmasked and arrested in 1946.
The following weapons were used in the film Death is My Trade:
Handguns
Luger P08
Franz Lang (Götz George) owns a Luger P08 which he referred to as a "Mauser Pistole". The pistol is also held by Siebert (Wilfried Elste).
Rast & Gasser 1898
A Rast & Gasser 1898 is used by Franz Lang.
Colt M1911A1
A US MP has a Colt M1911A1 in his holster.
Submachine Guns
MP 40
Some Waffen SS soldiers are armed with MP40s.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
The Karabiner 98k is widely used throughout the movie by German soldiers including Becker (uncredited), Schrader (Peter Franke), and Schmitz (Hermann Günther). Its appearance in 1917 during the First World War is clearly an anachronism, in addition, it is the late WWII variant and in the scenes set from 1941 onwards, it can only be seen from afar being carried by SS soldiers.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
A full-length Mauser rifle is briefly seen in a gun rack which appears to be a Gewehr 98.
Machine Guns
Maxim MG 08
A Maxim MG08 is used by Becker (uncredited) and Schmitz (Hermann Günther).
Hand Grenades
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Three German soldiers are seen with anachronistic Model 24 Stielhandgranates standing in for the Model 17.