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 (French title : Qu'un Sang Impur... ) is a 2019 French drama/war movie directed by Abdel Raouf Dafri. In a scenario likely inspired by Apocalypse Now , Lt. Colonel Breitner (Johan Heldenberg), a veteran of the First Indochina War, receives a mission to find the corpse of the supposedly dead Colonel Delignière (Olivier Gourmet). Breitner, along with a group of commandos, venture into the Algerian desert and find madness and danger on their quest.
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.
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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.
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing "It's okay, Colonel. It's right." Senghor accept his death sentence.
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The French Lieutenant arms his MAC Mle 1950 to finish off the terrorists.
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Luger P08
Breitner's sidearm is a Luger P08 .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Highlight for Spoiler: Breitner kills Delignière to avenge Assia.
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Browning Hi-Power
At the fellaghas' camp, Mourad carries a Browning Hi-Power .
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing When the commandoes are captured, Mourad threatens them with a Browning Hi-Power .
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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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing While Assia is speaking with Mourad, Souah stand ready.
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Walther P38
Youcef's pistol is a Walther P38 , which is briefly brandished.
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Smith & Wesson Model 10
Staff Sergeant Senghor (Steve Tientcheu) carries a Smith & Wesson Model 10 .
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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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M1 Thompson
In a continuity error, when Breitner retrieves his equipment from a case in his house, the Thompson within is an M1 model .
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MAT-49
French Army soldiers and fellaghas use the MAT-49 .
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MP40
Several fellaghas are armed with MP40s .
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PPSh-41
A few fellaghas carry PPSh-41s with 35 rounds magazines.
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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.
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Rifles
MAS-36
French soldiers and fellaghas are seen carrying the MAS-36 , but it is never fired.
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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.
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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.
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Shotguns
12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun
A few fellaghas are seen with 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotguns .
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Machineguns
FM 24/29
A Chatellerault M1924/29 is briefly seen at French HQ and in the hands of a fellagha.
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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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