Dresden

Dresden Country Germany Language English German Channel ZDF Creator Roland Suso Richter Genre Drama War Broadcast March 5 & 6, 2006 No. of Episodes 2 Main Cast Character Actor Anna Mauth Felicitas Woll Robert Newman John Light Alexander Wenninger Benjamin Sadler Carl Mauth Heiner Lauterbach Magda Mauth Katharina Meinecke Maria Goldberg Marie Bäumer Simon Goldberg Kai Wiesinger Martin Mutschmann Jürgen Heinrich

Dresden is a 2006 German two-part television movie in which historically verified facts of the air raids on Dresden on February 13, 1945, were linked with a fictional story. Anna Mauth, a nurse from Dresden who is promised to surgeon Alexander Wenninger, falls in love with Robert Newman, a downed British bomber pilot who has sought refuge in the hospital where she works. When the Gestapo raids the hospital, Anna risks everything to save Robert's life and hides him in the catacombs of the Frauenkirche church. But as the Allied attack draws ever closer, Anna must realize who she has really saved and also what her feelings are for Robert.

The following weapons were used in the television series Dresden:

Handguns

Enfield No. 2

Robert Newman (John Light) and other British pilots are armed with Enfield No. 2 revolvers. After landing on German territory, hostile civilians take the revolvers of Robert's friends and a German boy (Louis El-Ghussein) steals Robert's Enfield revolver.

Enfield No. 2 Mark I* - .38 S&W

The boy takes the revolver which he calls a "pistol".

Roberts looks at the held revolver (Ep. 01).

The boy stands at a hospital window with the revolver in his hand.

He prepares the revolver.

A view of the right side.

Alexander Wenninger (Benjamin Sadler) and Robert look at the Enfield in the uniform's pocket. The grip is perfectly visible (Ep. 02).

Walther P38

A German Soldat (Private) in a shelter is seen with a Walther P38.

Walther P38 - 9x19mm

The private draws the Walther...

...and moves the slide.

Luger P08

At the end of the bombings in the second episode, a member of the Feldgendarmerie (Military Police) uses a Luger P08.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

The MP moves the toggle-action.

He points the Luger at the Blockwart (Michael Brandner).

Submachine Guns

MP 40

The German Feldgendarmerie is mainly equipped with MP40s.

Maschinenpistole 40 - 9x19mm

A Feldgendarmerie officer on the left carries his MP 40.

The same soldier with his submachine gun (Ep. 01).

The grip is seen (Ep. 02).

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

Some German soldiers are seen with Karabiner 98ks.

Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser

A German soldier with his Karabiner with late-war front barrel band.

Machine Guns

MG 34 or Browning .303 Mk II*

What appears to be MG34s standing in for Browning .303 Mk II* machine guns are seen mounted on British Avro Lancaster B I bombers.

Maschinengewehr 34 - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Browning Mark II* - .303 British; for comparison

Charly (Harry Capehorn) operates the dual-mounted MG 34s (Ep. 01).

A better view of the barrels above William (Paul Ready).

A bomber taking off (Ep. 02).