The Taste of Violence (Le goût de la violence)The Taste of Violence (Le goût de la violence) - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video GamesThe Taste of Violence (Le goût de la violence)
The Taste of Violence (Le goût de la violence) is a 1961 French-Italian Western drama movie written and directed by Robert Hossein who also appears in the leading role, co-starred by Giovanna Ralli and Mario Adorf. The plot is set in an unnamed Central American country in early 20th century where the guerrilla wages war against the dictator. When a half a hundred of the arrested guerrillas are sentenced to death, the guerrilla leader sends his men to attack the train where the dictator's daughter Maria (Ralli) travels and capture her in order to use as hostage. But each of the three guerrillas who guard the young woman on the way to the revolutionary forces' base has his personal goal: for Perez (Hossein) it's the victory of the revolution, Chamaco (Adorf) plans to get the ransom for Maria and become rich, and young Chico (Hans H. Neubert) is charmed with Maria.
The movie was filmed in Yugoslavia that radically affected the choice of the screen guns.
The following weapons were used in the film The Taste of Violence (Le goût de la violence):
Perez (Robert Hossein), Chamaco (Mario Adorf) and Chico (Hans H. Neubert) carry Winchester Model 1894 carbines. Maria Laragana (Giovanna Ralli) holds Chamaco's Winchester in one scene. Two of these Winchesters are equipped with sling swivels on the left side of the buttstock and barrel band. Such configuration was used on WWI French contract carbines that were issued to artillery personnel and some auxilliary troops. Possibly some of these guns were supplied to Serbian troops that were re-armed by France, which may be the explanation of the appearance of such rifles in Yugoslav productions. It's worth noting that all three men carry ammunition with spitzer bullets in their bandoliers that doesn't fit for Winchester 1894.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingCzech vz. 24 - 7.92x57mm MauserError creating thumbnail: File missingSeveral Mauser short rifles in hands of guerrillas are supposed to be vz. 24, judging by the full-length top handguard and bottom mounted sling swivels.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTwo guerrilla fighters, standing next to the machine gun, hold what appears to be vz. 24 Czech Mauser rifles, judging by the long front part of the handguard, the grasping grooves on the stock and bottom mounted sling swivels.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSeveral of the guerrillas hold what appear to be vz. 24 Mauser rifles.
A guerrilla fighter carries a carbine that resembles a Serbian Mauser M1908 but differs in some details.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingFor comparison: Serbian Mauser M1908 Carbine - 7x57mmError creating thumbnail: File missingA guerrilla fighter at the machine gun carries a carbine that resembles a Serbian Mauser M1908 (the barrel length, the handguard extending till the muzzle, and the turned down bolt handle) but it has bottom mounted sling swivels while the M1908 carbine has side mounted swivels.
Mannlicher M95M
Many soldiers on the train in the opening scene are armed with Mannlicher M1895 rifles. Judging by the barrel length, these are Yugoslavian M95M rifles, coverted from Austro-Hungarian M95 by shortening of the barrel and rechambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser caliber.
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Two MG08 machine guns on Schwarzlose 07/12 tripods are installed on the flatcars of the military train in the opening scene. The "mating" of MG08 with Schwarzlose tripod was quite common in Yugoslavian military after WWI.
