Slave Coast
(Cobra Verde)
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Movie poster
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| Country
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 Germany
 Ghana
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| Directed by
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Werner Herzog
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| Release Date
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1987
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| Language
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German
Ewe
Portuguese
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| Studio
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Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
Ghana Film Industry
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| Distributor
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Werner Herzog Filmproduktion
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| Main Cast
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| Character
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Actor
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| Francisco Manoel da Silva aka Cobra Verde
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Klaus Kinski
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| Taparica
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King Ampaw
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| Don Octavio Coutinho
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José Lewgoy
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| Captain Fraternidade
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Salvatore Basile
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| Bernabé
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Peter Berling
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| Euclides
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Guillermo Coronel
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| Bossa Ahadee
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Nana Agyefi Kwame II
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| Yovogan
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Nana Fedu Abodo
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| Bakoko
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Kofi Yerenkyi
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| Kankpé
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Kwesi Fase
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Slave Coast (also known as Cobra Verde) is a 1987 German-Ghana adventure drama.
The following weapons were used in the film Slave Coast (Cobra Verde):
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Rifles
Colt-Sako Rifle
Francisco Manoel da Silva (Klaus Kinski) carries at the film beginning.Colt-Sako Rifle
Colt Sako Model L-579 Rifle - .308
Francisco Manoel da Silva walks with the rifle in hands.
Another view of Francisco's rifle.
Francisco Manoel da Silva puts his rifle near the door.
Francisco Manoel da Silva raises his rifle...
Sharps 1859 Carbine
Several characters can be seen armed with the Sharps 1859 Carbines.
Sharps 1859 Carbine - .52 caliber
Brazilian Army soldier hold their rifles.
Another soldier brandishes his rifle.
A slightly other view of the rifle.
The trigger guard can be seen.
...and trigger guard can be seen.
Brazilian Army soldier (second from the left) holds the rifle.
Dahomey Royal Guard (at the left) raises his rifle.
A slightly other view of his rifle.
A more close view of the gun.
Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy"
A Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" can be briefly seen two times.
Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine - .44 RF
Brazilian Army soldier aims the rifle (pointed by the red arrow).
Brazilian Army soldier (at the left) holds Winchester.
Moukhala Musket
Numerous Dahomey Army soldiers was armed with the percussion Moukhala Muskets.
Moukhala with snaphance lock, Džeferdar with miquelet lock, two moukhala converted to percussion lock.
Dahomey Army soldiers marches, guns in hands.
Dahomey Army soldier raises the gun...
...and fires it in air. Note the smock from percussion lock (pointed by the red arrow). Numerous SMLE (see bellow) is seen on the ground, covered by the rag.
A slightly other view of his gun.
Dahomey Army soldiers hold their guns. Percussion locks can be seen.
Dahomey Army soldiers hold their guns.
Dahomey Army soldier hits the slave by the buttstock of his gun.
Dahomey Royal guards hold their guns.
Dahomey Royal guards raises their guns.
A slightly other view of the same scene.
Dahomey Royal guard (at the left) puts his rifle on the ground.
Dahomey Amazon brandishes the gun.
Dahomey Amazon holds the gun during the battle.
Gun's barrel can be seen at the left.
Dahomey soldier brandishes the gun (pointed by the red arrow) during the battle. Note the barrel with ramrod of the similar looking gun at the background center.
The buttstock of the gun is seen.
Note, that the lock of this gun is partly broken.
A slightly other view of the gun.
The single barrel band is seen.
The trigger guard can be seen.
Dahomey Army soldiers (at the center) hold similar looking guns.
Dahomey Army soldiers hold their guns. The single barrel band and trigger guard can be seen.
Dahomey Army soldiers hold the guns. Note the percussion hammers.
Springfield Model 1842
At least two Dahomey Army soldiers briefly hold a Springfield Model 1842s, possibly stands for Moukhala Muskets.
Springfield Model 1840 flintlock musket - .69 Smoothbore. The predecessor of Model 1842. Many of M1840s were converted to percussion lock.
Dahomey Army soldier (second from the left) holds the gun.
Dahomey Army soldier (far right) holds similar looking gun.
A slightly other view of his gun.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III*
Several characters, include Francisco Manoel da Silva (Klaus Kinski) uses Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* rifles.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk III* - .303 British
Numerous SMLE rifles is seen on the ground.
Francisco Manoel da Silva grabs the SMLE...
Francisco Manoel da Silva show the SMLE to Dahomey men.
Dahomey man holds the SMLE.
Francisco Manoel da Silva holds the SMLE in the crowd of Dahomey Amazons.
Taparica (King Ampaw) holds the SMLE.
Dahomey man holds a bundle of SMLE rifles.
Cannons
Heavy Cannon
Two heavy cannons can be seen at the Elmina Castle.
The cannon is seen at the background, right.
Another view of the same scene.
Another view of the same cannons (pointed by the red arrow).
Light Cannon
Abandoned light cannon is seen on the floor of Elmina Castle.
...of the cannon is seen.
Naval Cannon
A naval cannon appeared at the one point.
The cannon is seen at the background during the battle.
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