The Silent Mountain is a 2014 Austrian-Italian-American film drama directed by Ernst Gossner. Shot on location in Tyrol and South Tyrol, the film tells a love story at the beginning of the First World War. Tyrol 1915: At his sister's wedding, there is a spark between 20-year-old South Tyrolean Andreas Gruber and 17-year-old Italian Francesca Calzolar. But the young love doesn't get much time, because the next day Andreas has to go to the front. Italy has declared war on Austria. The First World War overruns Tyrol and transforms the Dolomites into one of the most bizarre theaters of war in history.
The following weapons were used in the film The Silent Mountain:
Austro-Hungarian Standschützen including Andreas "Anderl" Gruber (William Moseley), Karl Gruber (Harald Windisch), and Georg Lechner (Felix Briegel) are armed with Steyr Mannlicher M95/30 carbines. These carbines are equipped with side and under-mounted sling swivels, short rear sights, and either have a ring at the muzzle or not. The latter is an indication of reworked barrels during the interwar years.
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Steyr Mannlicher M1895/30 Short Rifle
The carbines permanently switch to M1895/30 Short Rifles through the scenes.
Some Austro-Hungarian soldiers can be seen with full-length Mannlicher M1895 rifles which have different muzzles and no handguards on the front barrel.
Angelo Calzolari (Giulio Cristini), Bepi Moiola (Michael Cadeddu), and other Alpini are equipped with Carcano Cavalry Carbine. These are a mix of M91 and M91/38s.
