Max Manus: Man of War
Film poster
Max Manus: Man of War (Max Manus ) is a 2008 Norwegian war film directed by the directing team of Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg starring Aksel Hennie , Agnes Kittelsen, and Nicolai Cleve Broch . It is about the exploits of celebrated Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus, based on his own memoirs. At the time of filming, it was the most expensive entirely Norwegian film of all time.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing WARNING! Important plot points may be in the subtitles!
The following guns were used in the film Max Manus: Man of War (2008):
Handguns
Colt Model 1903/1908 Pocket Hammerless
Max Manus (Aksel Hennie ) and Kolbein Lauring (Christian Rubeck ) carry Colt Model 1903/1908 Pocket Hammerless pistols. Gregers Gram's (Nicolai Cleve Broch ) Walther PP turns into a Pocket Hammerless in a continuity error.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt 1903 Hammerless with Colt Wood Grips - .32 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max with his Pocket Hammerless.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gregers and Edvard fire at Gestapo agents and German troops.
FN Browning M1903
Max and Lars Emil Erichsen (Jakob Oftebro ) are seen with FN Browning 1903 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Browning Model 1903 Pocket - 9 x 20mm Browning Long
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lars Emil (left) with his FN Browning 1903.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max turns over his sidearm before he visits Siegfried Fehmer in his cell.
Walther PP
Gregers and SS officer Höhler (Oliver Stokowski ) are seen with Walther PP pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
FN Model 1910
Edvard Tallaksen (Mats Eldøen ) carries a FN Model 1910 throughout the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 .380 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Luger P08
Norwegian police are seen with Luger P08 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Colt M1911
A Norwegian policeman pistol-whips Max with a Colt M1911 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Mauser C96
A German officer is administers a coup de grâce to executed suspects with a Mauser C96 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pre-War dated Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" Commercial Version - 7.63x25mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The German officer with his C96. His holster appears to be for a different pistol, however.
Submachine Guns
Sten Mk II
The Sten Mk II is the most common SMG in the film, with both types of stocks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max with his Sten after parachuting back into Norway.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Sten as part of the supply drop.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gregers with his Sten during the first raid on the shipyard.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max with a stockless Sten in a shoulder rig.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max fires at pursuers thanks to his shoulder rig.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max with a Sten while acting as the King's bodyguard during the victory parade.
Sten Mk III
Max and Kolbein are both seen with Sten Mk IIIs .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk III - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolbein cleaning his Sten.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Max with his Sten during the crackdown.
MP40
German troops are armed with MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Suomi KP/-31
Max is armed with a Suomi KP/-31 during his flashbacks to his time fighting for Finland in the Winter War.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Suomi KP/-31 - 9x19mm Parabellum
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The shell casings appear to be 7.62x25mm Tokarev shell casings. This would be a goof, as his Suomi is chambered in 9mm Parabellum.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing His Suomi appears to be equipped with a 50-round "coffin" magazine.
Thompson M1928
Gunnar Sønsteby (Knut Joner ) is armed with a Thompson M1928 during the victory parade.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1928 "Tommy Gun" or "Chicago typewriter" with 50-round drum magazine - .45 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Shotguns
Double Barreled Shotgun
Max is seen with Double Barreled Shotguns during scenes in both Norway and in Scotland.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing J. Stevens and Company Side by Side Shotgun (Circa 1878) exposed hammers and designed to fire Black Powder shotgun shells - 12 Gauge
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Rifles
Karabiner 98k
German troops are armed with Karabiner 98k rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German firing squad shoots suspected resistance fighters.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I
Gregers and other Norwegian resistance fighters carry Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I rifles when they are decorated by King Haakon VII.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.I - .303 British
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Machine Guns
MG34
German troops are armed with MG34 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MG34 with front and rear sights folded down - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Maxim M/09-21
Soviet troops are seen using a Maxim M/09-21 in Max's Winter War flashbacks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim M/09-21 - 7.62x54mmR
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviets stop firing to reload, giving Max an opportunity.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Other
StuG III Ausf. G
A StuG III Ausf. G is seen at the shipyard. This may be the same StuG III Ausf. G seen in Band of Brothers and Mr. Bean's Holiday .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Hotchkiss H39
A Hotchkiss H39 is seen at the shipyard. These French tanks were appropriated by the Germans after the fall of France.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Rigid Limpet Mines
Max and his cell are seen training with, and then using British issued rigid limpet mines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife
In an effort to avoid reprisals against the civilian population, Max and his cell try to disguise their work as the work of British Commandos. They attach a note with a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing
Dart pistol
Max and his cell goof off with a break action dart pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing