The Assassination: Sarajevo, 1914

Sarajevo 1914. The Eve of the Great War Das Attentat – Sarajevo 1914 Movie poster Country Austria Czech Republic Germany Directed by Andreas Prochaska Release Date June 28, 2014 Language German Serbo-Croatian Studio Beta Film Ceská Televize Power of Earth TV & Film Productions Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) Main Cast Character Actor Dr. Leo Pfeffer Florian Teichtmeister Dr. Herbert Sattler Heino Ferch Gavrilo Princip Eugen Knecht Stojan Jeftanovic Juraj Kukura Section Council Wiesner Friedrich von Thun

Sarajevo 1914. The Eve of the Great War is an Austro-German television movie about the events of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914. The investigator Leo Pfeffer is supposed to uncover the background of Gavrilo Princip and his accomplices. However, in his investigations, he comes to the conclusion that the case is not as obvious as the powerful people of the country would like it to be. With these views, however, he does not make friends among the military.

The 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav movie The Day That Shook the World tells a similar story.

The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination: Sarajevo, 1914:

Pistols

FN Model 1910

Gavrilo Princip (Eugen Knecht) uses a historically correct FN Model 1910 during the assassination on June 28, 1914.

FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP

Gavrilo Princip making his way through the crowd to the stopped car draws his pistol.

His first shots hit Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa which he didn't want to kill.

"I haven't done anything wrong."
Gavrilo keeps firing his Browning pistol.

"I only killed a tyrant."
A rear view of his pistol while in the background Franz Ferdinand sags down.

The pistol, described as "Model Browning" by Chief of Police Strametz (Simon Hatzl), lies on Leo Pfeffer's interrogative desk.

Rifles

Steyr Mannlicher M1895 Short Rifle

The Steyr M1895 carbine is used by Austro-Hungarian police forces. These rifles are most likely 1930s conversions.

Steyr M1895 Short Rifle (M1930 Conversion) - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

Promotional Picture.

An Austro-Hungarian cavalry unit rides through the streets of Sarajevo with carbine slung over their backs.

The policeman on the left with a carbine. Note the position of the sling swivel.

Steyr Mannlicher M1895 Stutzen

Some Mannlicher M1895 Carbines can also be seen.

Steyr Repetier-Stutzen M1895 - 8x50mmR Mannlicher

A guard next to Lea Pfeffer with a Stutzen over his back. Note the sling swivel placed below the stock.

Steyr Mannlicher M1895

Full-length Steyr M1895 rifles, possibly the M30 conversion, are carried by Austro-Hungarian Infantrymen.

Steyr Infanteriegewehr Modell 1895/30 - 8x56mmR Mannlicher

Soldiers guarding the streets of Sarajevo with their rifles with fixed M1895 bayonets.

Guards in front of the police building.

More soldiers standing on a bridge.

A closer view of two soldiers with Steyr rifles.

Austro-Hungarian soldiers marching through Sarajevo during the mobilization. Note the ejecting holes on the magazines.

Mosin Nagant M91/30

Among the marching column, some anachronistic Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles can be seen.

Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mmR

The soldier on the right carries a Mosin-Nagant. Note the hooded front sight and upper barrel band.

Other

Homemade Bomb

Nedeljko Cabrinovic (Mateusz Dopieralski) uses a Homemade Bomb on the first try to kill the Archduke.

He is ready to throw it on the Archduke's car.