Knockin' on Heaven's Door
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Country
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Directed by
Thomas Jahn
Release Date
1997
Language
French
Studio
Buena Vista International Film Production (Germany)
Distributor
Phaedra Cinema
Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a 1997 German crime-comedy / buddy movie. It stars Til Schweiger and Jan Josef Liefers as two men who suffer from terminal illness. The pair decides to go see the ocean before they die, stealing a car in the process, only to find out it belongs to a crime boss.
The following firearms can be seen in the film Knockin' On Heaven's Door :
Walther P88 Compact Martin Brest (Til Schweiger ) and Rudi Wurlitzer (Jan Josef Liefers ) both use a Walther P88 Compact throughout the film, after finding it in the trunk of an old Mercedes they steal. Abdul (Moritz Bleibtreu ) also carries two Walther P88 Compact pistols throughout the film, and dual-wields them on several occasions.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P88C2 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin holds the P88 Compact on a shopkeeper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudi holds the shopkeeper hostage. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abdul fires his P88 Compacts on the right, while Henk fires his M1911A1. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martin holds the P88 Compact on a bank teller. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rudi fires the Walther in a pharmacy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abdul puts his P88 Compact on Rudi's face in the whorehouse. SIG-Sauer P225 Most of the the police officers in the film carry SIG-Sauer P225 pistols as their sidearms, including over-eager Assistant Keller (Ralph Herforth ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing SIG-Sauer P225 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Assistant Keller holds his P225 on Martin and Rudi. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A SIG lays on a police station table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Keller chambers his P225. M1911A1 Henk (Thierry Van Werveke ) carries a stainless M1911A1 pistol as his sidearm in the film.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Commercial satin nickel M1911A1 pistol - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henk fires his M1911A1 on the left, while Abdul fires his dual Walther P88 Compacts on the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henk chambers his M1911A1 before the shootout with the police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henk fires his M1911A1 at the police. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henk fires his gun. IMI Uzi One of Curtiz's (Rutger Hauer ) goons carries two IMI Uzi submachine guns with him during the climax shootout with the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing IMI Uzi with buttstock collapsed - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The goon holds his Uzis in the backseat of a Mercedes. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The goon gets overwhelmed by the size of the police force, but continues to fire anyways. Mossberg 500 One of Curtiz's henchmen uses a Mossberg 500 shotgun during the shootout with the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mossberg 500AT - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thug in the middle chambers his Mossberg 500. Mosbberg 590 Mariner One of Curtiz's thugs uses a Mossberg 590 Mariner as his primary firearm during the shootout with the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mossberg 590 Mariner - 12 Gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thug on the forefront fires his Mossberg 590 Mariner. M16 Rifle Abdul (Moritz Bleibtreu ) uses an M16A1 rifle during the shootout with the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The original M16, the first version, firing in a 20-round magazine, adopted in large numbers by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. This has the original 3-prong flash hider. It would later be replaced by the upgraded M16A1 - 5.56x45mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Abdul fires the M16. Norinco Type 56-1 A couple of Curtiz's thugs carry Norinco Type 56-1s during the final shootout with the police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Norinco Type 56-1 (under-folding stock variant) - 7.62x39mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The thug on the background fires his Type 56-1 (circled in red). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another thug sprays his AK-clone wildly at the police, eyes closed. 
