The Children of Villa Emma

The Children of Villa Emma Die Kinder der Villa Emma Movie Poster Country Austria Germany Directed by Nikolaus Leytner Release Date March 23, 2016 Language Croatian German Italian Slovene Studio Graf Film ARD Degeto Film Distributor ORF 2 Main Cast Character Actor Betty Liebling Sophie Stockinger Josko Indig Ludwig Trepte Helga Nina Proll Tilla Nagler Muriel Wimmer Marko Schoky Laurence Rupp Georg Bories August Zirner Jakob Sternheim Maximilian Paier

The Children of Villa Emma is a 2016 Austrian movie directed by Nikolaus Leytner. Spring 1941: 14-year-old Betty escapes with the help of a Jewish aid organization that wants to bring a group of children to Palestine. But she has to pay a high price and leave her family and friends behind. The caretakers Josko and Helga first take the children to Zagreb, but they cannot stay there for long. After some hardships, the group finally ends up at Villa Emma in Italy, where they are initially safe. The teenagers grow up in a war-torn world and still have to deal with the problems and dreams of growing up.

The following weapons were used in the film The Children of Villa Emma:

Pistols

Walther PP

The leader of an Italian Blackshirt squad carries a Walther PP.

Walther PP - .32 ACP

The officer followed by Josko Indig (Ludwig Trepte) holds his pistol at the ready

A view of the right side.

Beretta M1934

Gallo (Rudy Ruggiero) has a holster for a Beretta M1934 to which the bottom of the grip is visible.

Beretta modello 1934 - .380 ACP

The holster is seen right beneath his left elbow.

Submachine Guns

MP 40

A German soldier in Zagreb holds what appears to be an MP40.

Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm

The soldier to the far right stands with submachine gun.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Yugoslavian border guards and Italian Blackshirts are armed with Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

The border guards stop Tilla Nagler (Muriel Wimmer) from running away.

Marko Schoky (Laurence Rupp) talks with one border guard.

Blackshirts entering the house at Lesno Brdo.

Karabiner 98k

The Karabiner 98k is used by Croatian auxiliary troops (Independent State of Croatia; a puppet state of Nazi Germany after the occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), German soldiers, and Yugoslavian partisans. At the movie's end, one Swiss border guard is also seen with a German Karabiner 98k.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A Croatian catches Georg Bories (August Zirner) in the streets of Zagreb. This one has a hooded front sight which is correct for the 1941 setting.

A frightened partisan hides with his carbine which has a nunder-mounted sling swivel.

German soldiers at a checkpoint carry their Kar98ks over their backs.

Schmit-Rubin Karabiner M1911

At the end of the movie, the group encounters a Swiss border patrol. Two of them are seen wielding Karabiner M1911s.

Schmidt-Rubin Karabiner Modell 1911 - 7.5x55mm Swiss (GP11)

The border guards point their carbines at the group. The one in the foreground has a Kar98k.

A front view. The bayonets in their scabbards appear to be the Dolchbajonett 1918.

The border guards lowered their rifles which offers a view of the receiver and rear sight. The grasping groove can be seen on the right Karabiner.