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'''''A Very Long Engagement''''' 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 | '''''A Very Long Engagement''''' 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. | ||
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Thouvenel ([[François Levantal]]) is seen with a [[Luger P08]] during a meeting with Tina Lombardi ([[Marion Cotillard]]). | Thouvenel ([[François Levantal]]) is seen with a [[Luger P08]] during a meeting with Tina Lombardi ([[Marion Cotillard]]). | ||
[[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | [[File:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Luger1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thouvenel readies his drawn Luger.]] | [[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Luger1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While approaching the mysterious woman Thouvenel readies his drawn Luger.]] | ||
[[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Luger2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He confronts the | [[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Luger2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|He confronts the women with the Luger.]] | ||
=Revolvers= | =Revolvers= | ||
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[[File:AVLE 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crouching Manech Langonnet wields his Berthier Rifle during the attack on German lines.]] | [[File:AVLE 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Crouching Manech Langonnet wields his Berthier Rifle during the attack on German lines.]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-Berthier2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Berthier lies next to a French soldier desperately trying to build a provisional earth wall.]] | [[File:AVLE-Berthier2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Berthier lies next to a French soldier desperately trying to build a provisional earth wall.]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-Berthier3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While Le corse menaçant ([[Eric Fraticelli]]) offering his surrender to the Germans Thouvenel chambers his Berthier.]] | [[File:AVLE-Berthier3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|While Le corse menaçant ([[Eric Fraticelli]]) offering his surrender to the Germans in the middle of No Man's Land Thouvenel chambers his Berthier.]] | ||
[[File:AVLE 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thouvenel takes a shot Le corse menaçant for being Corse not French.]] | [[File:AVLE 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Thouvenel takes a shot Le corse menaçant for being Corse not French.]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-Berthier4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers affixing their "Rosalie" bayonets before going over the top.]] | [[File:AVLE-Berthier4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French soldiers affixing their "Rosalie" bayonets before going over the top.]] | ||
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==Berthier Mle. 1916 Carabine== | ==Berthier Mle. 1916 Carabine== | ||
Some [[Berthier Model 1916 Carabine]]s are also seen carried by French police officers and soldiers. | Some [[Berthier Model 1916 Carabine]]s are also seen carried by French police officers and soldiers. | ||
[[File:Bert-c92 70.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Berthier Carabine | [[File:Bert-c92 70.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Berthier Carabine Modèle 1916 - 8x50mm R]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-BerthierCarbine1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:AVLE-BerthierCarbine1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-BerthierCarbine2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two ''Gendarmerie'' officers block Benoît Notre-Dame the way.]] | [[File:AVLE-BerthierCarbine2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Two ''Gendarmerie'' officers block Benoît Notre-Dame the way.]] | ||
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==FN MAG 58== | ==FN MAG 58== | ||
Anachronistic [[FN MAG|FN MAG-58 Machine Gun]]s are used by German soldiers to resemble [[Maxim MG08]]s and [[Parabellum MG14]]s. | Anachronistic [[FN MAG|FN MAG-58 Machine Gun]]s are used by German soldiers to resemble [[Maxim MG08]]s and [[Parabellum MG14]]s. | ||
[[File:FNMAG58.jpg|thumb|none|400px|FN MAG | [[File:FNMAG58.jpg|thumb|none|400px|FN MAG 58 - 7.62x51mm NATO]] | ||
[[File:AVLE 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An FN MAG mocked up as an MG14 mounted on a German aircraft which is actually a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 acting as an "Albatros" two-seater biplane.]] | [[File:AVLE 9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An FN MAG mocked up as an MG14 mounted on a German aircraft which is actually a Boeing-Stearman Model 75 acting as an "Albatros" two-seater biplane.]] | ||
[[File:AVLE 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Anothther FN MAG-58 mocked up as a Maxim MG08/15 fired from a German bunker.]] | [[File:AVLE 11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Anothther FN MAG-58 mocked up as a Maxim MG08/15 fired from a German bunker.]] | ||
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==Chauchat Mle. 1915== | ==Chauchat Mle. 1915== | ||
A French soldier is very briefly seen with a [[Chauchat]] light machine gun. | A French soldier is very briefly seen with a [[Chauchat]] light machine gun. | ||
[[File:Chauchat.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Chauchat | [[File:Chauchat.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Chauchat Modèle 1915 - 8x50mmR Lebel]] | ||
[[File:AVLE_chau1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The drinking soldier to the right keeps the Chauchat in his left arm.]] | [[File:AVLE_chau1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The drinking soldier to the right keeps the Chauchat in his left arm.]] | ||
[[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Chauchat1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier charges with his light machine gun.]] | [[File:AVeryLongEngagement-Chauchat1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The soldier charges with his light machine gun.]] | ||
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[[File:AVLE_mortar.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:AVLE_mortar.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
==Canon de 155 C, | ==Canon de 155 C, Mle. 1917 Schneider== | ||
[[File:155mm m1917 Schneider Hameenlinna 1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Canon 155mm | [[File:155mm m1917 Schneider Hameenlinna 1.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Canon 155mm Modèle 1917]] | ||
[[File:AVLE-SchneiderHowitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:AVLE-SchneiderHowitzer.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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==Field Guns== | ==Field Guns== | ||
Two different French field guns are seen | Two different French field guns are seen drawn by horses. | ||
[[File:AVeryLongEngagement-FieldGun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:AVeryLongEngagement-FieldGun1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[File:AVeryLongEngagement-FieldGun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[File:AVeryLongEngagement-FieldGun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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A Very Long Engagement 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 following weapons were used in the film A Very Long Engagement:
Pistols
Ruby Pistol
Bastoche (Jérôme Kircher) accidentally wounds himself while trying to kill rats with a Ruby Pistol.
Luger P08
Thouvenel (François Levantal) is seen with a Luger P08 during a meeting with Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard).
Revolvers
MAS Mle. 1892
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 Mle. 1873
Tina Lombardi (Marion Cotillard) uses a Chamelot-Delvigne Model 1873 Revolver.
Smith & Wesson Fourth Model .32 DA
A Smith & Wesson 4th Model is seen on Tina's belt.
Rifles
Berthier Mle. 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.
Berthier Mle. 1916 Carabine
Some Berthier Model 1916 Carabines are also seen carried by French police officers and soldiers.
Lebel Mle. 1886
Despite the Berthier rifle is the most used rifle, some French soldiers can also be seen 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 Mle. 1914
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 very briefly seen with a Chauchat light machine gun.
Maxim MG 08
A genuine Maxim MG08 can be briefly seen in the German trench.
Hand Grenades
Grenade Contre fil Barbelé
A Grenade Contre Fil Barbelé can be seen in the French trench.
Citron Foug Mle. 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 No Man's Land. At least, they are equipped with drilled belt clips to resemble correct Model 17s.
Model 17 Eierhandgranate
Several accurate Model 17 Eierhandgranates can briefly be seen on a crate in the same scene.
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.
Pistolet Lance-Fusée Mle. 1917
An unused Pistolet Lance-Fusée Modèle 1917 flare gun is briefly seen lying in the Bingo Crepuscule shelter.
Field Guns
Two different French field guns are seen drawn by horses.
