Europa Europa Hitlerjunge Salomon
Movie Poster
Europa Europa (German title:Hitlerjunge Salomon ; Hitler Youth Salomon) is a 1990 German-Polish-French film by Agnieszka Holland. Shortly before the beginning of the war, the Jewish family Perel flees from the Nazis and settles in the Polish Lódz. But the Nazis catch up with them, and in the turmoil of the occupation, the brothers Sally and David are separated from the family and try to make their way into the USSR. The brothers also lose sight of each other. Sally lodges in a Soviet orphanage. After the German invasion, he is captured by Wehrmacht soldiers and pretends to be Volksdeutscher . Sally becomes the darling of the troupe as Josef Periel, becomes a hero and is even sent to a Nazi elite school.
The following weapons were used in the film Europa Europa :
Pistols
Luger P08
Captain von Lereneau (Hanns Zischler ) uses a Luger P08 pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Captian holds his Luger.
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Tokarev TT-33
The Tokarev TT-33 is used by the Soviet Major (Aleksy Awdiejew ), who gives it to a freed KZ inmate.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The inmate aims at Salomon.
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Rifles
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98ks are used by German soldiers including Ulmayer (Martin Maria Blau ), Robert Kellermann (André Wilms ) and the Feldwebel (Bernhard Howe ). Salomon uses a Kar98k he pretends to be Josef „Jupp“ Peters. Hitler Youth and Volkssturm members can also be sen with the carbines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ulmayer with his Karabiner searches Soviet PoW.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Later in the school, he and other students practice their bayonet attack skills on a Jewish puppet.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the last stand, Salomon and Volkssturm members use Kar98ks.
Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine
Soviet soldiers are mainly seen with Mosin Nagant M44 Carbines . First seen during the Soviet occupation of Poland in 1939.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine, with attached side-folding bayonet - 7.62x54mm R
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Soviet soldier holds the carbine in the freed KZ.
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Mosin Nagant M91/30
In the end, some Soviet soldiers can be seen with full-length Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Soviet soldier at the Komsomol School (Jaroslaw Gruda ) holds the rifle.
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Czech vz. 24
Two German soldiers can be seen with a VZ-24 Czech Mausers .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier takes Salomon prisoner with the rifle over his back.
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Mauser 98AZ Carbine
A single Mauser 98AZ Carbine is briefly seen carried by a German soldier.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier on the left braces himself with his carbine.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing ... and a view of the front sight. Note the lack of the stacking hook.
Submachine Guns
MP40
MP40 are used by a German MP on the train and some Volkssturm members.
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PPSh-41
Soviet Soldiers are armed with PPSh-41 . Like the M44 carbine, it is first seen in 1939.
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Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27/28
A Degtyaryov DP-28 can be seen resting on the shore.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The DP-27/28 in the middle. Note the anachronistic PPSh-41 (for 1939) on the right.
MG42
What appears to be an anachronistic MG42 (for 1942) is mounted on a post-war ZiS BTR-152 truck, mocked up to resemble a German half-track.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The mounted MG42 in the background while the Germans posing for a picture with the captured Yakov Dzhugashvili (Wlodzimierz Press ) who was the eldest son of Joseph Stalin.
MG34
The MG34 is used by German soldiers.
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Maxim M1910/30
An abandoned Maxim M1910/30 lies next to a cleared out Soviet trench.
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Other
45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K)
Throughout the movie a 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) is seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 on the shore in 1939.
Model 24 Stielhandgranate
German soldiers use Model 24 Stielhandgranates .
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