The Master Butcher
Der Club der singenden Metzger

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Country	Germany
Directed by	Uli Edel
Release Date	December 27, 2019
Language	English German
Studio	Constantin Film
Distributor	Constantin Film

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Fidelis Waldvogel	Jonas Nay
Delphine	Aylin Tezel
Eva	Leonie Benesch
Robert	Sylvester Groth
Cyprian	Vladimir Korneev
Clarisse Straub	Claudia Kottal

The Master Butcher is a 2019 German television film directed by Uli Edel based on the novel The Master Butchers Singing Club by Louise Erdrich. After returning from World War I, the Swabian master butcher Fidelis Waldvogel no longer has a place in his parent's business. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the pregnant fiancée of his fallen friend, he emigrates and makes it as far as Argus. Delphine, a circus performer from Hamburg who has come to America with her father, the clown Robert, also ends up here.

The following weapons were used in the film The Master Butcher:

Rifles

Mauser Gewehr 1898

During the opening scene, Fidelis Waldvogel (Jonas Nay) and his friend Johannes (Mladen Hren) wield scoped Gewehr 98 rifles. French and German soldiers are armed with standard Gewehrs.

Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Post-WWI Weimar reissue Scharfschützengewehr 98 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A flyover shot of the German trench.

Fidelis fires his scoped Gewehr.

So does Johannes.

A view of the two scoped rifles brightened by an explosion. Note the post-WWI tangent-leaf rear sights.

A view through the scope.

A Gewehr 98 lies next to dead French soldiers.

The Lange Visier rear sight can be seen on the right..

Karabiner 98k

At least, one German soldier is seen with an anachronistic Karabiner 98k.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

The Karabiner is seen right above Fidelis' helmet.

Pistols

Star Model B

What appears to be a Star Model B is used by Sheriff Hock (Martin Leutgeb), Clarisse Straub (Claudia Kottal), and a German officer in the film's prologue.