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The majority of French soldiers including Manech Langonnet ([[Gaspard Ulliel]]), Benoît Notre-Dame ([[Clovis Cornillac]]), Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard ([[Denis Lavant]]), Célestin Poux ([[Albert Dupontel]]) and Thouvenel ([[François Levantal]]). The rifles are fitted with Rosalie bayonets or [[Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launcher]]s. | The majority of French soldiers including Manech Langonnet ([[Gaspard Ulliel]]), Benoît Notre-Dame ([[Clovis Cornillac]]), Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard ([[Denis Lavant]]), Célestin Poux ([[Albert Dupontel]]) and Thouvenel ([[François Levantal]]) are armed with [[Berthier Mle 1907-15]] rifles. The rifles are fitted with Rosalie bayonets or [[Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launcher]]s. | ||
[[Image:Fusil Mle 1907-15.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | [[Image:Fusil Mle 1907-15.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Fusil Mle 1907-15 Berthier Rifle - 8 x 50mmR]] | ||
[[Image:AVLE-Berthier1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Benoît Notre-Dame opens the chamber to instert a sharpened bullet.]] | [[Image:AVLE-Berthier1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Benoît Notre-Dame opens the chamber to instert a sharpened bullet.]] | ||
Revision as of 11:36, 27 November 2019
A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) is a 2004 French romantic World War I film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Alien: Resurrection). The film stars Audrey Tautou as Mathilde Donnay, a young woman whose desperate search for her fiancée leads to her subsequent discovery that he is one of five soldiers that have been convicted of self-mutilation in order to escape military service during World War I. They are condemned to face near-certain death in the no man's land between the French and German trench lines unarmed. It appears that all of them were killed in the subsequent Battle of The Somme, but Mathilde, the fiancée of one of the soldiers, refuses to give up hope and begins to uncover clues as to what actually took place on the battlefield. She discovers the brutally corrupt system used by the French Military to deal with those who tried to escape the front during her search and what happened to the other men who were sentenced to the no man's land as a punishment. The film's cast includes Gaspard Ulliel, Jodie Foster, Dominique Pinon, Chantal Neuwirth, and Marion Cotillard.
The following weapons were used in the film A Very Long Engagement:
Handguns
Ruby Pistol
Bastoche (Jérôme Kircher) accidentally wounds himself while trying to kill rats with a Ruby Pistol.
Mle 1892 Revolver
French officers including Capitaine Favourier (Tchéky Karyo) are armed with Mle 1892 Revolvers.
Webley Mk VI
A French medic (Patrick Paroux) owns a British Webley .455 Mk VI revolver that is taken by Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel).
Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver
Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard) uses a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver.
Smith & Wesson Fourth Model .32 DA Revolver
A Smith & Wesson 4th Model is seen on Tina's belt.
Rifles
Berthier 1907-15
The majority of French soldiers including Manech Langonnet (Gaspard Ulliel), Benoît Notre-Dame (Clovis Cornillac), Francis "Six-Sous" Gaignard (Denis Lavant), Célestin Poux (Albert Dupontel) and Thouvenel (François Levantal) are armed with Berthier Mle 1907-15 rifles. The rifles are fitted with Rosalie bayonets or Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers.
Lebel Mle 1886
Despite the Berthier rifle is the most used rifle, some French soldier can be seen also with Lebel 1886 rifles.
Mauser Gewehr 1898
All German soldiers are seen with correct Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles with fixed Seitengewehr 98/05 bayonets. Francis Gaignard (Denis Lavant) briefly holds a Mauser taken from a German soldier.
Machine Guns
Hotchkiss M1914
FN MAG 58
Anachronistic FN MAG-58 Machine Guns are used by German soldiers to resemble Maxim MG08s and Parabellum MG14s.
Chauchat Mle 1915
A French soldier is briefly seen with a Chauchat light machine gun.
Maxim MG08
A genuine Maxim MG08 can be briefly seen in the German trench.
Hand Grenades
Barbelé grenade
A Grenade Contre Fil Barbelé can be seen in the French trench.
Citron Foug modèle 1916
A Citron Foug modèle 1916 grenade is used by Caporal Kléber Bouquet (Jérôme Kircher) to destroy the German "Albatros".
Pétard Grenade
Some Pétard Grenades can be seen in the French trench.
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
Anachronistic Model 24 Stielhandgranates are seen lying in a German trench and in No Man's Land. At least, they are equipped with drilled belt clips to resemble correct Model 17s.
Model 17 Eierhandgranate
Accurate Model 17 Eierhandgranates can be briefly seen on a crate.
Wurfgranate 15
Like the M24, several Wurfgranate 15 for the Granatwerfer 16 Mortar can be seen on the battlefield.
Other
7.58 cm Minenwerfer
A 7.58 cm Minenwerfer stands in the German trench at the beginning of the movie.
Mortier de 58 mm type 2
Canon de 155 C, mle 1917 Schneider
Renault FT
Viven-Bessières rifle grenade launcher
Some Berthier Rifles are fitted with Viven-Bessières Rifle Grenade Launchers.
