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{{Infobox Movie | |||
|name = The Night of the Generals | |||
|picture = Poster 04.jpg | |||
|caption = ''Cinema poster'' | |||
|country = [[File:UKD.jpg|25px]] UK<br>[[File:FRA.jpg|25px]] France | |||
|director = Anatole Litvak | |||
|date= 1967 | |||
|language = English | |||
|studio=Horizon Pictures<br>Filmsonor | |||
|distributor=Columbia Pictures | |||
|character1=Gen. Wilhelm Tanz | |||
|actor1=[[Peter O'Toole]] | |||
|character2=Lt Col. Grau | |||
|actor2=[[Omar Sharif]] | |||
|character3=LCpl. Hartmann | |||
|actor3=[[Tom Courtenay]] | |||
|character4=Gen. Kahlenberge | |||
|actor4=[[Donald Pleasence]] | |||
|character5=Ulrike von Seydlitz-Gabler | |||
|actor5=Joanna Pettet | |||
|character6= Inspector Morand | |||
|actor6=[[Philippe Noiret]] | |||
}} | |||
{{Film Title|The Night of the Generals}} | |||
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= Pistols = | |||
==Beretta 418== | ==Beretta 418== | ||
General Wilhelm Tanz ([[Peter O'Toole]]) uses what appears to be a [[Beretta 418]] in one scene in Paris. | Lieutenant General Wilhelm Tanz ([[Peter O'Toole]]) uses what appears to be a [[Beretta 418]] in one scene in Paris. | ||
[[ | [[File:Beretta 418 right side.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 418 - .25 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:nog7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz with the Beretta.]] | [[Image:nog7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz with the Beretta.]] | ||
[[Image:nog8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz pointing the Beretta at Corporal Hartmann.]] | [[Image:nog8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz pointing the Beretta at Corporal Hartmann.]] | ||
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[[Image:Walther_PP.jpg|thumb|300px|none|War Time Walther PP Pistol.]] | [[Image:Walther_PP.jpg|thumb|300px|none|War Time Walther PP Pistol.]] | ||
[[Image:nog10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz's subordinate hands the Walther over.]] | [[Image:nog10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Tanz's subordinate hands the Walther over.]] | ||
= Submachine Guns = | |||
==MP40== | |||
German soldiers in Warsaw and Paris are seen with the [[MP40]]. | |||
[[Image:MP40Side.jpg|thumb|none|400px|MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:nog4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier firing his MP40 during a confrontation with Polish partisans.]] | |||
[[Image:nog6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier stands to the right with his MP40.]] | |||
= Rifles = | |||
==Karabiner 98k== | |||
A few German soldiers are seen with the [[Karabiner 98k]]. | |||
[[Image:Karabiner-98K.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser]] | |||
[[Image:nog5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A German soldier with his Karabiner 98k slung.]] | |||
= Other Weapons = | |||
== 7.5 cm Pak 40 == | |||
A [[7.5 cm Pak 40|Pak 40]] AT gun is seen on Warsaw street. | |||
[[Image:7,5 cm-Pak 40.jpg|thumb|none|400px|7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R]] | |||
[[File:The Night of the Generals-Tank-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
= Trivia = | |||
German ''Tiger'' tanks are visually modified T-34s. The scene was filmed in Warsaw, Poland, and the props are the same, seen in ''[[Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies)#Tiger I|Four Tankers and A Dog]]''. | |||
[[File:The Night of the Generals-Tank-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:The Night of the Generals-Tank-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:The Night of the Generals-Tank-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
German ''Panther'' tank is visually modified M24 Chaffee. The scene was filmed in France. The prop appears to be the same, seen in ''[[Is_Paris_Burning%3F#M24_Chaffee_Tank_.28visually_modified.29|Is Paris Burning?]]'' (1966). | |||
[[File:The Night of the Generals-Tank-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
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[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
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The following weapons were used in the film The Night of the Generals:
Pistols
Beretta 418
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Tanz (Peter O'Toole) uses what appears to be a Beretta 418 in one scene in Paris.
Walther PPK
When in uniform, Tanz's (Peter O'Toole) sidearm is a Walther PPK. He uses it to kill Colonel Grau (Omar Sharif).
Walther PP
When the German police come for him, Tanz (Peter O'Toole) requests the sidearm of a subordinate. He uses it to commit suicide. The gun, seen briefly, appears to be a Walther PP.
Submachine Guns
MP40
German soldiers in Warsaw and Paris are seen with the MP40.
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
A few German soldiers are seen with the Karabiner 98k.
Other Weapons
7.5 cm Pak 40
A Pak 40 AT gun is seen on Warsaw street.
Trivia
German Tiger tanks are visually modified T-34s. The scene was filmed in Warsaw, Poland, and the props are the same, seen in Four Tankers and A Dog.
German Panther tank is visually modified M24 Chaffee. The scene was filmed in France. The prop appears to be the same, seen in Is Paris Burning? (1966).
