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{{Infobox Movie | {{Infobox Movie | ||
| − | |name = ''The Red Baron'' | + | |name=''The Red Baron'' |
| − | |picture = redbaron.jpg | + | |picture=redbaron.jpg |
| − | |caption = ''Movie Poster'' | + | |caption=''Movie Poster'' |
| − | |country = [[Image:CZE.jpg|25px]] Czech Republic<br | + | |country=[[Image:CZE.jpg|25px]] Czech Republic<br>[[Image:FRA.jpg|25px]] France<br>[[Image:GER.jpg|25px]] Germany<br>[[Image:UKD.jpg|25px]] United Kingdom<br>[[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States |
| − | |director = Nikolai Müllerschön | + | |director=Nikolai Müllerschön |
| − | |date= April 10, 2008 | + | |date=April 10, 2008 |
| − | |language = English<br | + | |language=English<br>French<br>German |
|studio=Niama Film | |studio=Niama Film | ||
|distributor=Warner Bros. | |distributor=Warner Bros. | ||
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}} | }} | ||
| − | '''''The Red Baron''''' is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön and is loosely based on the last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss ([[Til Schweiger]]), Sternberg ([[Maxim Mehmet]]), and Lehmann ([[Hanno Koffler]]) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte ([[Lena Headey]]), he | + | '''''The Red Baron''''' is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön and is loosely based on the last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen ([[Matthias Schweighöfer]]) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss ([[Til Schweiger]]), Sternberg ([[Maxim Mehmet]]), and Lehmann ([[Hanno Koffler]]) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte ([[Lena Headey]]), he discover the horrors of war. |
{{Film Title|The Red Baron}} | {{Film Title|The Red Baron}} | ||
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[[File:1914MauserPocket.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser Taschenpistole M1914 - 7.65x17mmSR]] | [[File:1914MauserPocket.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Mauser Taschenpistole M1914 - 7.65x17mmSR]] | ||
[[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table. Note the not-so-wavy grip, unlike the 1934 model.]] | [[File:rb_pocket_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Manfred's pistol on the table. Note the not-so-wavy grip, unlike the 1934 model.]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_pocket_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by | + | [[File:rb_pocket_2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by British and French prisoners.]] |
==Smith & Wesson Schofield== | ==Smith & Wesson Schofield== | ||
Canadian Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with a nickel-plated [[Smith & Wesson Schofield]] revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen ('''Note''': In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918, where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.). | Canadian Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is briefly seen with a nickel-plated [[Smith & Wesson Schofield]] revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen ('''Note''': In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918, where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.). | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Schofield.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Schofield Model 3 with nickel finish - .45 Schofield]] |
[[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his unfolded holster. In the next scene, he describes himself as a member of the "Royal Canadian Flying Corps" which did not exist. Actually, he served in the British Royal Naval Air Service, and would have worn a naval officer's uniform.]] | [[File:rb_unrevolver.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Revolver in his unfolded holster. In the next scene, he describes himself as a member of the "Royal Canadian Flying Corps" which did not exist. Actually, he served in the British Royal Naval Air Service, and would have worn a naval officer's uniform.]] | ||
[[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip while in the background you can see von Richthofen's crashed Albatros D.V.]] | [[File:rb_unrevolver1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the rounded grip while in the background you can see von Richthofen's crashed Albatros D.V.]] | ||
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==Luger P08== | ==Luger P08== | ||
A ''Sturmpionier'' officer holds a [[Luger P08]] before the German Spring Offensive in 1918. | A ''Sturmpionier'' officer holds a [[Luger P08]] before the German Spring Offensive in 1918. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] |
[[File:rb_Luger.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer on the left. The soldier next to him prepares a Stielhandgranate.]] | [[File:rb_Luger.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The officer on the left. The soldier next to him prepares a Stielhandgranate.]] | ||
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==Mauser Puška vz. 98/22== | ==Mauser Puška vz. 98/22== | ||
| − | Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[ | + | Some German soldiers can be seen carrying [[Vz. 98/22 Czech Mauser]]s standing in for accurate [[Gewehr 98]]s rifles. They can be recognized by the fact that they have flat tangential sights instead of ''Lange Visiers''. |
[[File:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Puška CZ Brno 98/22 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[File:Czech98-22Mauser.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Puška CZ Brno 98/22 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers with their Czech Mausers on their backs while wounded Capt. Brown gets captured, which never happened.]] | [[File:rb_CzechMau_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers with their Czech Mausers on their backs while wounded Capt. Brown gets captured, which never happened.]] | ||
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==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | ||
| − | The historically accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers in the second half | + | The historically accurate [[Mauser Gewehr 1898]] is carried by German soldiers in the movie's second half. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they were equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets. |
[[File:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[File:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]] | [[File:rb_g981.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs.]] | ||
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==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*== | ==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*== | ||
An actual [[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] is briefly seen in a British trench. | An actual [[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III*]] is briefly seen in a British trench. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[File:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mark III* - .303 British]] |
[[File:rb_smle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lee-Enfield on the right next to the sitting soldier. Note the correct placed muzzle and the front sights.]] | [[File:rb_smle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lee-Enfield on the right next to the sitting soldier. Note the correct placed muzzle and the front sights.]] | ||
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==LMG 08/15== | ==LMG 08/15== | ||
[[Maxim|LMG 08/15 Air]] machine guns are mounted on German planes. | [[Maxim|LMG 08/15 Air]] machine guns are mounted on German planes. | ||
| − | [[File:lmg08-15_air.jpg|thumb|none|400px| | + | [[File:lmg08-15_air.jpg|thumb|none|400px|luftgekühltes MG 08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] |
[[File:rb_lmg1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of a pair LMG08/15.]] | [[File:rb_lmg1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close up of a pair LMG08/15.]] | ||
[[File:rb_lmg08-15_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar charges his Maxim.]] | [[File:rb_lmg08-15_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lothar charges his Maxim.]] | ||
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==Vickers Aircraft== | ==Vickers Aircraft== | ||
The Sopwith F.1 Camel of Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is armed with two [[Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun]]. | The Sopwith F.1 Camel of Captain Roy Brown ([[Joseph Fiennes]]) is armed with two [[Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun]]. | ||
| − | [[File:VickersAircraft.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Vickers Aircraft | + | [[File:VickersAircraft.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Vickers Aircraft - 7.7x56mmR (.303 British)]] |
[[File:rb_vickers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Front view as he fires at von Richthofen.]] | [[File:rb_vickers.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Front view as he fires at von Richthofen.]] | ||
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==Maxim MG08== | ==Maxim MG08== | ||
| − | Near the end | + | Near the movie's end, German soldiers carry real [[Maxim MG08]]s equipped with ZF12 scopes. |
[[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | [[File:MaximMG08.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | ||
[[File:rb_mg08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918.]] | [[File:rb_mg08.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918.]] | ||
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==OSP-30 Flare Pistol== | ==OSP-30 Flare Pistol== | ||
A German pilot fires an anachronistic Soviet [[OSP-30 Flare Pistol]] standing for a [[Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894]] or a French Model 1917. | A German pilot fires an anachronistic Soviet [[OSP-30 Flare Pistol]] standing for a [[Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894]] or a French Model 1917. | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[File:OSP-30.jpg|thumb|none|350px|OSP-30 - 26.5mm]] |
[[File:rb_flare.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pilot aims the pistol at an Allied Caquot dirigible observation balloon.]] | [[File:rb_flare.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The pilot aims the pistol at an Allied Caquot dirigible observation balloon.]] | ||
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==Unknown Howitzer== | ==Unknown Howitzer== | ||
| − | Unknown Howitzers can be seen used by German soldiers. | + | Unknown Howitzers can be seen used by German soldiers. They look like 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitzen 13 but the shield is mounted too far forward and the barrel has only one ring. This howitzer can be seen also in the 2011 movie ''[[War Horse]]''. |
[[File:Ger155mmfh13.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitze 13 L17]] | [[File:Ger155mmfh13.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitze 13 L17]] | ||
[[File:rb_howitzer1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers prepare a howitzer.]] | [[File:rb_howitzer1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|German soldiers prepare a howitzer.]] | ||
| − | [[File:rb_howitzer-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of German howitzers. Only first two are real; the others are CGI.]] | + | [[File:rb_howitzer-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of German howitzers. Only the first two are real; the others are CGI.]] |
[[File:rb_howitzer-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two abandoned howitzers in No Man's Land. Note that there are mounted seats on the shield.]] | [[File:rb_howitzer-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two abandoned howitzers in No Man's Land. Note that there are mounted seats on the shield.]] | ||
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==Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5== | ==Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5== | ||
[[File:rb_lewis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px||600px|]] | [[File:rb_lewis_1.jpg|thumb|none|600px||600px|]] | ||
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The Red Baron is a 2008 German film production by director Nikolai Müllerschön and is loosely based on the last Life Years of Manfred von Richthofen. The 24-year-old Baron Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss (Til Schweiger), Sternberg (Maxim Mehmet), and Lehmann (Hanno Koffler) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte (Lena Headey), he discover the horrors of war.
The following weapons were used in the film The Red Baron:
Handguns
Mauser Model 1914
The personal sidearm of Lothar (Volker Bruch) and Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer) is a 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol. In reality, he carried a Luger P08.
Smith & Wesson Schofield
Canadian Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is briefly seen with a nickel-plated Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen (Note: In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918, where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.).
Luger P08
A Sturmpionier officer holds a Luger P08 before the German Spring Offensive in 1918.
Rifles
M1 Garand (Mocked-Up as SMLE No. 1 Mk. III*)
ANZAC soldiers are seen with M1 Garands mocked up to resemble British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles during the funeral of Capt. Clyde Walker.
Mauser Puška vz. 98/22
Some German soldiers can be seen carrying Vz. 98/22 Czech Mausers standing in for accurate Gewehr 98s rifles. They can be recognized by the fact that they have flat tangential sights instead of Lange Visiers.
Karabiner 98k
German soldiers also carry anachronistic Karabiner 98ks in the movie (although they may stand for authentic Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbines). Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The historically accurate Mauser Gewehr 1898 is carried by German soldiers in the movie's second half. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they were equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.
Some Gewehrs on the wall next to Hindenburg's (Josef Vinklár) adjutant.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*
An actual Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is briefly seen in a British trench.
Hunting Guns
Cape Gun
During the opening in 1906, young Richthofen (Tomás Koutník) is on the hunt with a Cape Gun, the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with one smoothbore and one .22 caliber rifled barrels.
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
Werner Voß (Til Schweiger) is seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun.
Machine Guns
LMG 08/15
LMG 08/15 Air machine guns are mounted on German planes.
Vickers Aircraft
The Sopwith F.1 Camel of Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes) is armed with two Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun.
Lewis Mk II Aircraft
The secondary weapons of British planes are air-cooled Lewis Mk II Aircraft MGs.
Hawker (Richard Krajco) fires at Richthofen.
ZB-53 / Vz.37
Czech ZB-53 / Vz.37 are mocked up to resemble Parabellum MG14 and Maxim MG08 machine guns.
Maxim MG08
Near the movie's end, German soldiers carry real Maxim MG08s equipped with ZF12 scopes.
Maxim MG08/15
Before the last great offensive of the German Empire in 1918, several Maxim MG08/15s are seen.
Flamethrowers
Kleinflammenwerfer M.16
A Sturmpionier, a German special unit trained in construction and the demolition of fortifications, holds a Kleif M.16 before the German offensive.
Grenades
Model 16/17 Stielhandgranate
German soldiers are seen with several Model 16 and Model 17 Stielhandgranates.
Other
OSP-30 Flare Pistol
A German pilot fires an anachronistic Soviet OSP-30 Flare Pistol standing for a Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 or a French Model 1917.
21 cm Mörser 16
Full view of a Mörser as a German column passed by General Hoeppner's (Axel Prahl) headquarters.
Unknown Howitzer
Unknown Howitzers can be seen used by German soldiers. They look like 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitzen 13 but the shield is mounted too far forward and the barrel has only one ring. This howitzer can be seen also in the 2011 movie War Horse.
