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Revision as of 21:46, 26 April 2015


Atentát
File:Atentát-movie poster.jpg
Cinema poster
Country Error creating thumbnail: File missing Czechoslovakia
Directed by Jirí Sequens
Release Date 1964
Language Czech
German
English
Studio Filmové studio Barrandov
Main Cast
Character Actor
1st Lt. Král Radoslav Brzobohatý
1st Lt. Sedlák Ludek Munzar
Sgt. Ota Strnad Rudolf Jelínek
Sgt. Tousek Jirí Kodet
Sgt. Vyskocil Ladislav Mrkvicka
Sgt. Vrbas Josef Vinklár
The gamekeeper Oldrich Lukes
Commissioner Sleicher Oldrich Velen
Col. Moravec Jirí Vrstala


The Assassination (Original title: Atentát) is a 1964 Czech black-and-white war drama directed by Jirí Sequens. The story depicting the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in 1942 which was perpetrated by parachutists from the group ANTHROPOID sent from England. For those interested in war history this is cult film.



The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination (Atentát):


Pistols

CZ 38

Czechoslovak paratroopers use the CZ 38 pistols as their issue sidearm.

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9×17mm Browning Short
File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý).
File:Rudolf Jelínek-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).
File:Jirí Kodet-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Tousek (Jirí Kodet).
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-CZ 38 pistol.jpg
Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Walther P38

The paratroopers also captured a German Walther P38 pistol.

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Walther P38 pistol - 9x19mm
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Walther P38.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek).
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Walther 38.jpg
Sgt. Vyskocil (Ladislav Mrkvicka).

Luger P08

The SS, SD and Gestapo officers are equipped with Luger P08 pistols.

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Luger P08 9x19mm
File:Oldrich Velen-Luger P08 pistol.jpg
Gestapo Commissioner Sleicher (Oldrich Velen) with his sidearm in hand.
File:Germans-atnt-Luger P08.jpg
A SS officer pulls a Luger P08 in the church.
File:German-atnt-Luger P08 pistol.jpg
A SD officer holds a Luger P08 as he examines a map of the crypt.

SACM M1935A

Sgt. Ota Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) owned a SACM M1935A pistol.

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SACM M1935A - 7.65 x 22mm Longue
File:Rudolf Jelínek-SACM.jpg

Submachine guns

Sten

The main weapon of Czechoslovak paratroopers in England were Sten submachine guns.

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Sten Mk II - 9x19mm
File:Josef Vinklár-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Vrbas (Josef Vinklár) marches with a Sten at jump school.
File:Mrkvicka-sten-detail.jpg
Sgt. Vyskocil's (Ladislav Mrkvicka) Sten gun, true to form, fails when needed.
File:Radoslav Brzobohatý-Sten.jpg
1st Lt. Král (Radoslav Brzobohatý) watchs from the church with a slung Sten gun.
File:Rudolf Jelínek-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) fires on the Germans from the church gallary.
File:Jirí Kodet-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Toušek (Jirí Kodet) fires at an SS trooper descending into the church crypt.
File:Ladislav Mrkvicka-Sten.jpg
Sgt. Vyskočil, Sten in hand, refuses to surrender.

MP40

Some SS soldiers are armed with MP40 submachine guns.

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MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
File:Germans-atnt-MP40.jpg

Rifles

Karabiner 98k

German soldiers use Karabiner 98k rifles.

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Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm
File:Germans-atnt-K98k.jpg

12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun

A gamekeeper (Oldrich Lukes) carries a 12 Gauge Double Barreled shotgun.

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L.C. Smith Cased hardened hammerless side by side Field shotgun - 12 gauge.
File:Oldrich Lukes-DBS.jpg

Machine guns

MG34

Germans deploy an MG34 machine gun against the trapped paratroopers.

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MG34 7.92x57mm Mauser with 75-round ammo drum
File:MG34-change-atnt.jpg

MG42

An MG42 is seen briefly before becoming an MG34 in a continuity error .

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MG42 with bipod extended - 7.92mm Mauser
File:Germans-atnt-MG42.jpg

Hand grenades

Model 24 Stielhandgranate

The SS men use the Model 24 Stielhandgranate during the church battle.

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Model 24 Stielhandgranate with fragmentation sleeve.
File:German-atnt-Model 24 grenade.jpg

Training Grenade

The Czechoslovakian troops use dummy grenades while training in England

File:Rudolf Jelínek-Mills bomb.jpg
Stg. Strnad (Rudolf Jelínek) demonstrates the use of a hand grenade.

Trivia

105mm Flak 38

Planes with paratroopers and also night bombers were under heavy fire from 10.5 cm FlaK 38.

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A Flak 38 105 mm anti-aircraft gun
File:Germans-atnt-Flak.jpg