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Difference between revisions of "Death is My Trade"
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− | |name = ''Death is My Trade''<br>''Aus einem deutschen Leben'' | + | |name=''Death is My Trade''<br>''Aus einem deutschen Leben'' |
− | |picture = AuseinemdeutschenLebenCover.jpg | + | |picture=AuseinemdeutschenLebenCover.jpg |
− | |caption = ''Movie Poster'' | + | |caption=''Movie Poster'' |
− | |country = [[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] West Germany | + | |country=[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] West Germany |
− | |director = Theodor Kotulla | + | |director=Theodor Kotulla |
− | |date= November 17, 1977 | + | |date=November 17, 1977 |
− | |language = Germanh<br>Polish | + | |language=Germanh<br>Polish |
|studio=Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft<br>Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) | |studio=Iduna Film Produktiongesellschaft<br>Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) | ||
|distributor=Filmverlag der Autoren | |distributor=Filmverlag der Autoren | ||
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[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Luger4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Having accepted the offer Franz aims the Luger.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Luger4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Having accepted the offer Franz aims the Luger.]] | ||
− | == | + | ==Chamelot-Delvigne Mle. 1873== |
− | A [[ | + | A [[Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873]] is used by Franz Lang. |
− | [[File: | + | [[File:Chamelot-Delvigne-Model-1873.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Chamelot-Delvigne Modèle 1873 - 11x17.8mmR]] |
− | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Gasser1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Franz draws the | + | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Gasser1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Franz draws the Chamelot-Delvigne...]] |
[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Gasser2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...and shoots the injured communist spy.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Gasser2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...and shoots the injured communist spy.]] | ||
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[[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Stielhandgranate1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier next to the Maxim, the one above the ammunition, and the one who in turn above him have the stick grenades.]] | [[File:AuseinemdeutschenLeben-Stielhandgranate1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The soldier next to the Maxim, the one above the ammunition, and the one who in turn above him have the stick grenades.]] | ||
− | [[Category: Movie]] | + | [[Category:Movie]] |
− | [[Category: Biographical Movie]] | + | [[Category:Biographical Movie]] |
− | [[Category: Drama]] | + | [[Category:Drama]] |
− | [[Category: German Produced/Filmed]] | + | [[Category:German Produced/Filmed]] |
Latest revision as of 12:34, 4 February 2024
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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).
Chamelot-Delvigne Mle. 1873
A Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 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
During the World War One scene, 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.