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{{ | {{Infobox Movie | ||
'' | |name = Legionnaire | ||
|picture = LegionnairePoster.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Movie Poster'' | |||
|country = [[Image:USA.jpg|25px]] United States | |||
|director = Peter MacDonald | |||
|date= December 3, 1998 | |||
|language = English | |||
|studio=Edward R. Pressman Film Enterprises<br />Long Road Productions<br />Quadra Entertainment | |||
|distributor=New Films International<br />Sterling Home Entertainment | |||
|character1=Alain Lefèvre / Alain Duchamp | |||
|actor1=[[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] | |||
|character2=Luther | |||
|actor2=[[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]] | |||
|character3=Sergeant Steinkampf | |||
|actor3=[[Steven Berkoff]] | |||
|character4=Major Mackintosh | |||
|actor4=[[Nicholas Farrell]] | |||
|character5=Lucien Galgani | |||
|actor5=[[Jim Carter]] | |||
|character6=Katrina | |||
|actor6=Ana Sofrenovic | |||
|character7=Guido Rosetti | |||
|actor7=[[Daniel Caltagirone]] | |||
}} | |||
'''''Legionnaire''''' is a 1998 war film set in the year 1925 and starring [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]] as Alain Lefevre, a French boxer on the run from the Marseilles Mafia for refusing to fix a fight. Lefevre then joins the French Foreign Legion to escape the assassins who are trying to kill him. The decision puts Alain into the middle of the Rif War in French Morocco. The battles shown in the film are based upon real events. Abd-El Krim (Kamel Krifa) was a real-life leader of the Rif/Berber rebels who were trying to force the French out of North Africa. Though the film ends with Abd-El Krim victorious, in real life, after early defeats, the French and Spanish ultimately threw a quarter of a million troops at him and his rebels, and Abd-El Krim was defeated and exiled after a bloody 10 month campaign. | |||
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=Handguns= | |||
==Mle 1892 Revolver== | |||
An [[Mle 1892 Revolver]] is carried by Capt. Rousselot (Kim Rømer), Lt. Charlier (Anders Peter Bro), and also given to Legionnaire Luther ([[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]]) as protection as he tries to sneak through enemy lines. | |||
[[Image:Mle 1892.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Modele d’Ordonnance Mle 1892 Revolver - 8x27mm SR]] | |||
[[Image:L-RevolverLuthersA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Luther ([[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]]) has a drink, while his Mle 1892 Revolver sits at his side. Note the cylinder swung out to the right, one of the few revolvers ever to be designed so.]] | |||
[[Image:L-OfficerRevolverShota.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lt. Charlier (Anders Peter Bro) is shot during a battle at the oasis, he is wielding his Mle 1892 Revolver]] | |||
==Colt New Service == | |||
Sgt. Steinkampf ([[Steven Berkoff]]) and several other characters carry what appears to be a [[Colt New Service]] revolver, though this is uncertain. | |||
[[Image:ColtNewService45LC.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt New Service Revolver - .45 LC. The military version of this revolver is the M1909 (also chambered for .45 Long Colt)]] | |||
[[Image:L-BerkoffRevolvera.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Sgt. Steinkampf ([[Steven Berkoff]]) fires what appears to be a Colt Revolver (right) Sgt. Steinkampf ([[Steven Berkoff]]) reacts to being wounded in the side, his Colt New Service revolver is visible in his right hand.]] | |||
=Rifles= | |||
== Lebel 1886 == | == Lebel 1886 == | ||
The [[Lebel 1886]] rifle is the standard service rifle of the French Foreign Legion. Every Legionnaire carries and fires one, with the exception of officers. Although during the First World War all the colonial troops were equipped with Berthier rifles, the French Foreign Legion demanded and obtained in 1920 to be re-equipped with the Lebel rifle. | |||
[[Image:Lebel.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lebel Model 1886 Rifle - 8x50Rmm]] | ||
[[Image:L-LebelBattleShota.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Legionnaire fires his Lebel Model 1886 Rifle during a battle.]] | |||
[[Image:L-LebelActionCU02a.jpg |thumb|none|600px|Mackintosh ([[Nicholas Farrell]]) struggles to reload his Lebel 1886 rifle in a good closeup of the action - 8x50Rmm]] | |||
[[Image:L-LebelMacCloserA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mackintosh ([[Nicholas Farrell]]) aims his Lebel 1886 rifle during a patrol in the desert - 8x50Rmm]] | |||
[[Image:L-FFL-RiflesMarch01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Exhausted Legionnaires after a forced march. Visible are stacked Lebel 1886 rifles - 8x50Rmm]] | |||
[[Image:L-LebelVanDammeFireFortFightA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Alain Lefevre ([[Jean Claude Van Damme]]) fires his Lebel 1886 rifle during the final battle - 8x50mm]] | |||
==Mauser Gewehr 1898== | |||
The Berber Horsemen mostly carry German [[Gewehr 98]] rifles with a few other types of bolt action rifles of the period mixed in. Most obviously Abd-El Krim ([[Kamel Krifa]]) carries one throughout the film. | |||
[[Image:Mauser g98.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
[[Image:L-G1898a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Abd-El Krim ([[Kamel Krifa]]) looks on at the end of the first battle with his Gewehr 98 rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
[[Image:L-ArabFightersOnRidgeA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Vast majority of the Berber Horsemen use and fire Gewehr 98 rifle - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
==Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*== | |||
Berber Horsemen are also seen using [[Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III]] SMLE rifles, sometimes in close combat. | |||
[[Image:SMLE.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* - .303 British]] | |||
[[Image:L-SMLEa.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Rif/Berber horseman shoots a wounded Legionnaire with his Lee Enfield No 1. Mk III rifle - .303]] | |||
==Martini-Henry Carbine== | |||
Some Berber Horsemen can be seen with [[Martini-Henry]] carbines. | |||
[[Image:Martini-enfield carbine.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Martini-Henry Artillery Carbine Mark III - .577-.450 caliber]] | |||
=Machine Guns= | |||
==Lewis Gun== | |||
[[Lewis Gun]]s are used in Legionnaire training and mostly by Legionnaire Mackintosh ([[Nicholas Farrell]]) during the battles. Pvt. Alain Lefevre ([[Jean Claude Van Damme]]) also uses one at the end of the film. | |||
[[Image:Lewis gun.JPG|thumb|none|500px|Lewis gun - .303 British]] | |||
[[Image:L-LewisGunTraining3a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An NCO grins as he fires the Lewis gun over the heads of low crawling recruits during a brutal training session - .303 British]] | |||
[[Image:L-Lewis&LebelRidgeA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Legionnaire Mackintosh ([[Nicholas Farrell]]) fires his Lewis Gun while Luther ([[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]]) fires his Lebel 1886 Rifle.]] | |||
[[Image:L-LewisVanDammePickupA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The Lewis gun lies by a dead legionnaire, just seconds before Alain Lefevre ([[Jean Claude Van Damme]]) runs to pick it up to use in the final battle.]] | |||
==Hotchkiss M1914== | |||
A [[M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun]] is shown being demonstrated by Pvt. Alain Lefevre ([[Jean Claude Van Damme]]). | |||
[[Image:M1914Hotchkiss.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Hotchkiss M1914 with tripod - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | |||
[[Image:L-Hotchkiss01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Pvt. Alain Lefevre ([[Jean Claude Van Damme]]) fires an M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun for a photo.]] | |||
=Other= | |||
==Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun== | |||
A Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun (aka Pack Howitzer) was used by the Berber Tribesmen during the siege of the French Foreign Legion outpost. The Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun was used by the British Colonial forces (but not the British Army itself) in Africa, and by the American forces in the Philippines. | |||
[[Image:L-Cannon-CUa.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun is rolled up by the Berber rebels.]] | |||
[[Image:L-CannonSide01a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A line of Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain guns as the artillery troops bombard the French outpost.]] | |||
==81mm Mortar== | |||
A (to be determined) Mortar is used by the French Foreign Legion to emulate the French copy of the successful Stokes Mortar of World War 1. Since the events of the film are set in 1925, any munitions from the Great War are possible. (Note: It is NOT a U.S. Mortar, so it is one of the European versions). | |||
[[Image:L-MortarA.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:L-MortarFire2a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
'''''Prologue to the film:''''' | |||
:''At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth.'' | |||
:''It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia...'' | |||
:''but its soldiers swore no allegiance to France, only to the legion and to each other.'' | |||
:''The legion asked no questions about a man's past ... nor did it offer much hope for his future.'' | |||
:''It was a hard way to get a second chance in life...'' | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Adventure Movie]] | [[Category:Adventure Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
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Legionnaire is a 1998 war film set in the year 1925 and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Alain Lefevre, a French boxer on the run from the Marseilles Mafia for refusing to fix a fight. Lefevre then joins the French Foreign Legion to escape the assassins who are trying to kill him. The decision puts Alain into the middle of the Rif War in French Morocco. The battles shown in the film are based upon real events. Abd-El Krim (Kamel Krifa) was a real-life leader of the Rif/Berber rebels who were trying to force the French out of North Africa. Though the film ends with Abd-El Krim victorious, in real life, after early defeats, the French and Spanish ultimately threw a quarter of a million troops at him and his rebels, and Abd-El Krim was defeated and exiled after a bloody 10 month campaign.
The following weapons were used in the film Legionnaire:
Handguns
Mle 1892 Revolver
An Mle 1892 Revolver is carried by Capt. Rousselot (Kim Rømer), Lt. Charlier (Anders Peter Bro), and also given to Legionnaire Luther (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje) as protection as he tries to sneak through enemy lines.
Colt New Service
Sgt. Steinkampf (Steven Berkoff) and several other characters carry what appears to be a Colt New Service revolver, though this is uncertain.
Rifles
Lebel 1886
The Lebel 1886 rifle is the standard service rifle of the French Foreign Legion. Every Legionnaire carries and fires one, with the exception of officers. Although during the First World War all the colonial troops were equipped with Berthier rifles, the French Foreign Legion demanded and obtained in 1920 to be re-equipped with the Lebel rifle.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
The Berber Horsemen mostly carry German Gewehr 98 rifles with a few other types of bolt action rifles of the period mixed in. Most obviously Abd-El Krim (Kamel Krifa) carries one throughout the film.
Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III*
Berber Horsemen are also seen using Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III SMLE rifles, sometimes in close combat.
Martini-Henry Carbine
Some Berber Horsemen can be seen with Martini-Henry carbines.
Machine Guns
Lewis Gun
Lewis Guns are used in Legionnaire training and mostly by Legionnaire Mackintosh (Nicholas Farrell) during the battles. Pvt. Alain Lefevre (Jean Claude Van Damme) also uses one at the end of the film.
Hotchkiss M1914
A M1914 Hotchkiss Machine Gun is shown being demonstrated by Pvt. Alain Lefevre (Jean Claude Van Damme).
Other
Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun
A Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun (aka Pack Howitzer) was used by the Berber Tribesmen during the siege of the French Foreign Legion outpost. The Vickers-Maxim QF 2.95 inch mountain gun was used by the British Colonial forces (but not the British Army itself) in Africa, and by the American forces in the Philippines.
81mm Mortar
A (to be determined) Mortar is used by the French Foreign Legion to emulate the French copy of the successful Stokes Mortar of World War 1. Since the events of the film are set in 1925, any munitions from the Great War are possible. (Note: It is NOT a U.S. Mortar, so it is one of the European versions).
Trivia
Prologue to the film:
- At the height of its glory, the French Foreign Legion was made up of men widely regarded as the scum of the earth.
- It was a mercenary army posted to colonies in Northern Africa and Southern Asia...
- but its soldiers swore no allegiance to France, only to the legion and to each other.
- The legion asked no questions about a man's past ... nor did it offer much hope for his future.
- It was a hard way to get a second chance in life...