The Breitner Commando
French Movie Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Lt. Colonel Andreas Breitner
Johan Heldenberg
Souah Ly-Yang
Linh-Dan Pham
Alexis Martillat
Pierre Lottin
Staff Sergeant Senghor
Steve Tientcheu
Assia Bent Aouda
Lyna Khoudri
Mourad Boukarouba
Salim Kechiouche
Youcef
Hichem Yacoubi
Colonel Delignière
Olivier Gourmet
The Breitner Commando Qu'un Sang Impur... Apocalypse Now ,
The following weapons were used in the film The Breitner Commando :
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Handguns Colt M1911 The original Colt M1911 is briefly by French paratroopers. Mourad (Salim Kechiouche) carries a Colt 1911 during his escape and Martillat (Pierre Lottin) uses a suppressed one.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing A paratrooper is shot in the back while holding an M1911. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mourad takes the gun from a dead French soldier. Bad idea to put a locked and loaded pistol in your pants. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat while pretending to be a fellagha, hides his suppressed M1911 before killing a sentry. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat ambushes and kills Youcef (Hichem Yacoubi) and an another fellagha. Remington 1911 R1 Colonel Delignière (Olivier Gourmet ) use a bright nickel plated Remington 1911 R1 with pearl grips to kill Assia (Lyna Khoudri). Youcef also uses the same pistol to execute Senghor (Steve Tientcheu). While Remington did manufacture a run of original-model M1911 pistols from 1918 to 1919, the pistol used in the film is an anachronistic Remington 1911 R1, which was first produced in 2010.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington Model 1911 R1 - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Youcef threatens Breitner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Youcef draws the Remington at Senghor's head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The "Remington" inscription is clearly visible on the slide. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "It's okay, Colonel. It's right." Error creating thumbnail: File missing Moment before shooting.
MAC Mle 1950 The Lieutenant leading the Harkis (Algerians who served in the French Army during the Algerian War) fires a MAC Mle 1950 pistol at surviving fellaghas (a catch-all term for Algerian militants who fought against the French during the Algerian War). A fellagha wounds Breitner with an Mle 1950.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS Mle 1950 - 9x19mm Parabellum Error creating thumbnail: File missing The French Lieutenant arms his MAC Mle 1950 to finish off the terrorists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fellagha is shot down by Souah after he wounds Breitner with the Mle 1950. Luger P08 Breitner's sidearm is a Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 with black grips – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breitner load his Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoiler: Breitner kills Delignière to avenge Assia. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A wounded Breitner aims his pistol at Mourad. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breiter presses his Luger P08 to Mourad's head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene from different angle. Browning Hi-Power At the fellaghas' camp, Mourad carries a Browning Hi-Power .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Classic Commercial Browning Hi-Power (Belgian manufacture) – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing When the commandoes are captured, Mourad threatens them with a Browning Hi-Power . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 Souah (Linh-Dan Pham), Breitner's Hmong wife, carries a Tokarev TT-33 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev. Pre-1947 version. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Souah kills an Algerian looter. Error creating thumbnail: File missing While Assia is speaking with Mourad, Souah stand ready. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Souah's pistol. Walther P38 Youcef's pistol is a Walther P38 , which is briefly brandished.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Youcef holds a clearly prop version of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Youcef guards Breitner while holding the P38. Smith & Wesson Model 10 Staff Sergeant Senghor (Steve Tientcheu) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model of 1899 M&P (1899-1902) - .38 Special Error creating thumbnail: File missing Senghor draws his revolver when the commandoes are trapped. Submachine Guns M1928A1 Thompson Breitner's weapon of choice is a M1928A1 Thompson with a 50-round drum magazine. Other members of the commando team carry the gun as well when the situation calls for it.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Thompson with 20-round magazine - .45 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing Breitner's Thompson, with the stock removed. It becomes an M1928A1 for the rest of the film. Note the drum magazine within the case, this particular style of magazine is incompatible with the M1 Thompson. MAT-49 French Army soldiers and fellaghas use the MAT-49 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAT-49 Submachine Gun – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harkis with MAT-49s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Blank rounds clearly visible in the chamber. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The firing squad executes the terrorists. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fellagha aims a captured MAT-49 at the commandoes. MP40 Several fellaghas are armed with MP40s .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 – 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of an MP40 ready to shoot the last French paratrooper. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fellagha with his MP40 slung over his back. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Same character. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Youcef is shot by Martillat when he raises his MP40 . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Souah gets Youcef's MP40 when she decides to save Assia from torture. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Souah fires the SMG at a fellagha who shot Breitner. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Souah aiming the MP40. PPSh-41 A few fellaghas carry PPSh-41s with 35 rounds magazines.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing PPSh-41 with 35-round box magazine - 7.62x25mm Tokarev Error creating thumbnail: File missing At the beginning, a group of fellaghas raid a French camp, leaving no survivors. One of the attackers is armed with the PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fellagha in the white turban holds a PPSh-41. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rifles MAS-36 French soldiers and fellaghas are seen carrying the MAS-36 , but it is never fired.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mohammed holding a captured MAS-36 when he decides to leave a bare-footed little girl behind when she asks for a rest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat watches a sentry with a MAS-36 through his Kar98k's scope. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fellagha on the left holds the first version of the MAS-36, distinguishable by the non-hooded front sight. Note the bayonet is missing. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In a continuity error, the same rifle now has a bayonet. Karabiner 98k Martillat's main rifle is a scoped Karabiner 98k . He uses it with a suppressor as well. The suppressor used by Martillat seems to be the same one he screws onto his M1911- an impossible feat considering the two different calibers of these weapons. Senghor shoots a would-be rapist with Martillat's rifle. Several fellaghas are also armed with regular Kar98ks.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k with Zeiss ZF39 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat aims the rifle at porcelain mines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A mine's destruction. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat firing the scoped Kar98k. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Staff Sergeant Senghor wants to shoot the leader of the looters before he rapes children. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martillat with a now-suppressed rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the fellaghas' rifles. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The sentry who was holding a MAS-36 now holds a prop Kar98k when he avoids a thrown knife during the struggle with Breitner. Clearly a contunity error. Shotguns 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun A few fellaghas are seen with 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1960s Era Commercial Stevens hammerless side by side shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing The second sentry holds a side-by-side shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fellagha at camp aiming the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hammers are visible. Machineguns FM 24/29 A Chatellerault M1924/29 is briefly seen at French HQ and in the hands of a fellagha.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FM 24/29 – 7.5x54mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing An FM 24/29 briefly seen at French HQ. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A fellagha holds a 24/29 while assisting in Assia's torture. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fellaghas abandoning the camp. Trivia Porcelain Mines Assia is the daughter of a dead terrorist whose was a specialist in explosives and undetectable mines made from porcelain or terracotta. He taught her how to make these mines and where they are buried.
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