The Green Hell (Kautschuk): Difference between revisions
The Green Hell (Kautschuk): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Green Hell (Kautschuk): Difference between revisions
During the adventures in the Amazon jungles, Henry Wickham ([[René Deltgen]]) uses a [[Mauser Karabiner 1871]]. Don Alonzo de Ribeira ([[Gustav Diessl]]) and his men also use Karabiner 1871s when they hunt for Wickham.
During the adventures in the Amazon jungles, Henry Wickham ([[René Deltgen]]) uses a [[Mauser Karabiner 1871]]. Don Alonzo de Ribeira ([[Gustav Diessl]]) and his men also use Karabiner 1871s when they hunt for Wickham.
[[File:Kautschuk-Karabiner1871-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wickham fires at the native tribe warriors.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Karabiner1871-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Wickham fires at the native tribe warriors.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Karabiner1871-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The carbine is in Wickham's lap.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Karabiner1871-3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The carbine is in Wickham's lap.]]
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== Mauser Gewehr 1871 ==
== Mauser Gewehr 1871 ==
Brazilian soldiers are armed with [[Mauser Gewehr 1871]] Infantry rifles. Some bayonets used on the rifles look more like Model 1898 bayonets.
Brazilian soldiers are armed with [[Mauser Gewehr 1871]] Infantry rifles. Some bayonets used on the rifles look more like Model 1898 bayonets.
[[Image:Mauser71.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Gewehr 1871 - 11x60mmR. This is the infantry rifle variant.]]
[[Image:Mauser71.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mauser Infanterie-Gewehr Modell 1871 - 11.15x60mmR Mauser]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Gewehr1871-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several Mauser 1871 rifles are seen in the gun rack at the left. A soldier on the pier also holds a rifle (only the buttstock can be seen) while Don Alonzo holds a Karabiner 1871.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Gewehr1871-1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Several Mauser 1871 rifles are seen in the gun rack at the left. A soldier on the pier also holds a rifle (only the buttstock can be seen) while Don Alonzo holds a Karabiner 1871.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Gewehr1871-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A rifle with bayonet is seen at the right.]]
[[File:Kautschuk-Gewehr1871-2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A rifle with bayonet is seen at the right.]]
The Green Hell (Kautschuk ("Natural Rubber")) is a 1938 German B&W adventure movie directed by Eduard von Borsody and loosely based on the real story of Henry Wickham, British adventurer who illegally exported a large shipment of Brazilian rubber seeds to the British Empire in 1876, which allowed for the creation of rubber plantations in British colonies and brought an end to the Brazilian monopoly on natural rubber. The story of Wickham's expedition is supplemented with a subplot concerning a rivalry with the richest Brazilian planter for the heart of the daughter of the British Consul.
The following weapons were used in the film The Green Hell (Kautschuk):
When José, a plantation worker, kills another worker in a fight and goes on the run, two of the overseers fire Reichsrevolver M1879 revolvers. Reichsrevolver M1879s are also used by Brazilian officers in Fort Ambe. This revolver is anachronistic for 1876 and very alien for Brazil.
Don Alonzo de Ribeira (Gustav Diessl) carries a revolver in a holster. Only a part of the grip is seen. It resembles the grip of Wickham's Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless so it may be the same prop reused.
In the same scene, Percussion Cap Pistols are seen in the hands of two overseers, shooting after the fleeing José. One of the pistols is definitely a Chatellerault Cavalry Model 1822 while another one looks similar except for minor details, like the shape of the barrel band, and may be a commercial version of the Cavalry pistol.
During the adventures in the Amazon jungles, Henry Wickham (René Deltgen) uses a Mauser Karabiner 1871. Don Alonzo de Ribeira (Gustav Diessl) and his men also use Karabiner 1871s when they hunt for Wickham.
