The Battleflag Die Standarte
Movie Poster
The Battleflag Die Standarte ) is a 1977 Austrian-German-Spanish movie directed by Ottokar Runze. October, 1918: the end of the First World War is looming. The young sergeant Herbert Menis experiences his first love with the young lady-in-waiting Resa Lang and later watches as his ideals are broken into pieces: a whole regiment of Ruthenian, Polish, and Galician soldiers mutiny against their military superiors and thus rebel against the imperial family. Menis receives the regimental standard from the hand of a dying comrade, the symbol of the decaying Habsburg Empire. Tasked with the preservation of the standard, the ensign finds his task is more than just about life and death: it is about honor - both his and those of the fatherland.
The following weapons were used in the film The Battleflag :
Handguns Colt M1911 The Colt M1911 is used by Austro-Hungarian officers including Herbert Menis (Simon Ward ), standing in for correct Steyr M1912 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Herbert Menis holds the pistol on the British officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Herbert threatens engine drivers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene. Savage 1907 Count Bottenlauben (Siegfried Rauch ) uses a Savage 1907 pistol as his personal firearm.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Savage 1907 .32 ACP. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires at his soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He holds the pistol on the British officer. Unknown Revolver The British officer (David Robb ) draws an unknown revolver that appears to be a Spanish copy of a Colt or Smith & Wesson revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Trocaola Aranzabal Y Cia revolver - 8x27mm French M1892. An example of a Spanish version of a S&W revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver in his hand. Rifles Spanish Mauser 1893 Austro-Hungarian soldiers use 1893 Spanish Mauser rifles standing in for correct Steyr Mannlicher M1895 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1893 Spanish Mauser - 7x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers of the régiment royal Allemand aim their rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle over a soldier's back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soldier takes aim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The régiment fire their Mausers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds his Mauser on his officer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Closer view on the barrel and muzzle. M1895 carbine The Carbine version of the 1893 Spanish Mauser is also used, standing in for the Steyr Repertier-Stutzen M1895 carbines. British soldiers are also seen with this carbine, standing in for the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Spanish Mauser M43 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle seen over a soldier's back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier holds his Mauser while he's under fire. Machine Guns Vickers Mk. I The régiment royal Allemand use British Vickers Mk I machine guns, standing in for the Schwarzlose Machine Gun Model 07/12 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers gun with ribbed water jacket - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier mans the Vickers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Vickers being reload. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier fires the gun. Maxim MG 08 A Maxim MG 08 is also used by the regiment.
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