Sarajevo 1914. The Eve of the Great War Das Attentat – Sarajevo 1914
Movie poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Dr. Leo Pfeffer
Florian Teichtmeister
Dr. Herbert Sattler
Heino Ferch
Gavrilo Princip
Eugen Knecht
Stojan Jeftanovic
Juraj Kukura
Section Council Wiesner
Friedrich von Thun
Sarajevo 1914. The Eve of the Great War is an Austro-German television movie about the events of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914. The investigator Leo Pfeffer is supposed to uncover the background of Gavrilo Princip and his accomplices. However, in his investigations, he comes to the conclusion that the case is not as obvious as the powerful people of the country would like it to be. With these views, however, he does not make friends among the military.
The 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav movie The Day That Shook the World tells a similar story.
The following weapons were used in the film The Assassination: Sarajevo, 1914 :
Pistols
FN Model 1910
Gavrilo Princip (Eugen Knecht) uses a historically correct FN Model 1910 during the assassination on June 28, 1914.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing FN Model 1910 - .380 ACP
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gavrilo Princip making his way through the crowd to the stopped car draws his pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing His first shots hit Sophie Chotek von Chotkowa which he didn't want to kill.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I haven't done anything wrong. " Gavrilo keeps firing his Browning pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing "I only killed a tyrant. " A rear view of his pistol while in the background Franz Ferdinand sags down.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol, described as "Model Browning" by Chief of Police Strametz (Simon Hatzl), lies on Leo Pfeffer's interrogative desk.
Rifles
Steyr Mannlicher M1895 Short Rifle
The Steyr M1895 carbine is used by Austro-Hungarian police forces. These rifles are most likely 1930s conversions.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Promotional Picture.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Austro-Hungarian cavalry unit rides through the streets of Sarajevo with carbine slung over their backs.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The policeman on the left with a carbine. Note the position of the sling swivel.
Steyr Mannlicher M1895 Stutzen
Some Mannlicher M1895 Carbines can also be seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing A guard next to Lea Pfeffer with a Stutzen over his back. Note the sling swivel placed below the stock.
Steyr Mannlicher M1895
Full-length Steyr M1895 rifles, possibly the M30 conversion, are carried by Austro-Hungarian Infantrymen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing More soldiers standing on a bridge.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A closer view of two soldiers with Steyr rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Austro-Hungarian soldiers marching through Sarajevo during the mobilization. Note the ejecting holes on the magazines.
Mosin Nagant M91/30
Among the marching column, some anachronistic Mosin Nagant M91/30 rifles can be seen.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The soldier on the right carries a Mosin-Nagant. Note the hooded front sight and upper barrel band.
Other
Homemade Bomb
Nedeljko Cabrinovic (Mateusz Dopieralski) uses a Homemade Bomb on the first try to kill the Archduke.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing He is ready to throw it on the Archduke's car.