The Red Baron
Movie Poster
The Red Baron Matthias Schweighöfer ) is a gifted fighter pilot in World War. All Europe fears his red-painted Fokker. He and his comrades Voss (Til Schweiger ), Sternberg (Maxim Mehmet ), and Lehmann (Hanno Koffler ) see air duels as bold sports. Only when Richthofen falls in love with the nurse Käte (Lena Headey ), he discover the horrors of war.
The following weapons were used in the film The Red Baron :
Handguns Mauser Model 1914 The personal sidearm of Lothar (Volker Bruch ) and Manfred von Richthofen (Matthias Schweighöfer ) is a 1914 Mauser Pocket Pistol . In reality, he carried a Luger P08 .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Taschenpistole M1914 - 7.65x17mmSR Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manfred's pistol on the table. Note the not-so-wavy grip, unlike the 1934 model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lothar draws his pistol while his car is surrounded by British and French prisoners. Smith & Wesson Schofield Canadian Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes ) is briefly seen with a nickel-plated Smith & Wesson Schofield revolver during a meeting with von Richthofen (Note : In reality, Brown and von Richthofen never met in person until April 21, 1918, where Brown pursued him in a dogfight.).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Schofield Model 3 with nickel finish - .45 Schofield Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Revolver in his unfolded holster. In the next scene, he describes himself as a member of the "Royal Canadian Flying Corps" which did not exist. Actually, he served in the British Royal Naval Air Service, and would have worn a naval officer's uniform. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the rounded grip while in the background you can see von Richthofen's crashed Albatros D.V. Luger P08 A Sturmpionier officer holds a Luger P08 before the German Spring Offensive in 1918.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The officer on the left. The soldier next to him prepares a Stielhandgranate. Rifles M1 Garand (Mocked-Up as SMLE No. 1 Mk. III*) ANZAC soldiers are seen with M1 Garands mocked up to resemble British Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* rifles during the funeral of Capt. Clyde Walker.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing M1 Garand - .30-06 Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two lines of ANZAC soldiers with their Garands; some of them are equipped with box magazines. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Clearer view of the iron sights and the too high misplaced muzzle. Mauser Puška vz. 98/22 Some German soldiers can be seen carrying Vz. 98/22 Czech Mausers standing in for accurate Gewehr 98s rifles. They can be recognized by the fact that they have flat tangential sights instead of Lange Visiers .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Puška CZ Brno 98/22 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers with their Czech Mausers on their backs while wounded Capt. Brown gets captured, which never happened. Karabiner 98k German soldiers also carry anachronistic Karabiner 98ks in the movie (although they may stand for authentic Mauser 98AZ Artillery Carbines ). Some of them can be seen with fixed bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Karabiner 98k - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German solder works the bolt while under artillery fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two soldiers with their Karabiners covering von Richthofen. Mauser Gewehr 1898 The historically accurate Mauser Gewehr 1898 is carried by German soldiers in the movie's second half. Notably, before the Spring Offensive where they were equipped with SG 98/05 bayonets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers in a lorry with their Gewehrs. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Some Gewehrs on the wall next to Hindenburg's (Josef Vinklár ) adjutant. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier holds the Gewehr before the Kaiserschlacht . Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mk. III* An actual Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III* is briefly seen in a British trench.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lee-Enfield No. 1 Mark III* - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lee-Enfield on the right next to the sitting soldier. Note the correct placed muzzle and the front sights. Hunting Guns Cape Gun During the opening in 1906, young Richthofen (Tomás Koutník ) is on the hunt with a Cape Gun , the combination double-barrel hunting shotgun/rifle, with one smoothbore and one .22 caliber rifled barrels.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Young Richthofen aims the weapon at a deer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Richthofen with the weapon while looking at a French Bleriot XI (first flight in 1909). 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun Werner Voß (Til Schweiger ) is seen with a 12 Gauge Double Barreled Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Merkel 40E Shotgun - 12 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Werner Voß fires the Double Barreled Shotgun. Machine Guns LMG 08/15 LMG 08/15 Air machine guns are mounted on German planes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing luftgekühltes MG 08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of a pair LMG08/15. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lothar charges his Maxim. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manfred's plane with the Maxims. Vickers Aircraft The Sopwith F.1 Camel of Captain Roy Brown (Joseph Fiennes ) is armed with two Vickers Aircraft Machine Gun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vickers Aircraft - 7.7x56mmR (.303 British) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Front view as he fires at von Richthofen. Lewis Mk II Aircraft The secondary weapons of British planes are air-cooled Lewis Mk II Aircraft MGs .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Aircraft mounted Lewis Gun - .303 British Error creating thumbnail: File missing The tail gunner of Roy Brown's Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 fires the Lewis. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hawker (Richard Krajco ) fires at Richthofen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Lewis on the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing "Does anyone have a wrench? " Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and takes it as a trophy. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Lewis mounted on a British Handley Page O/400 bomber. ZB-53 / Vz.37 Czech ZB-53 / Vz.37 are mocked up to resemble Parabellum MG14 and Maxim MG08 machine guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ZB 53 / Vz.37 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier mans the MG that resembles an MG14. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German soldier fires the ZB-53 in a trench. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Close up of the ZB. Maxim MG08 Near the movie's end, German soldiers carry real Maxim MG08s equipped with ZF12 scopes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers transport the Maxims at dawn of March 21, 1918. Maxim MG08/15 Before the last great offensive of the German Empire in 1918, several Maxim MG08/15s are seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxim MG08/15 - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers awaits the signal to attack giving a good view on the reveiver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Barrel view. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A stormtrooper with the Maxim MG08/15 in No Man's land. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The covered Maxim in a French Position. Flamethrowers Kleinflammenwerfer M.16 A Sturmpionier , a German special unit trained in construction and the demolition of fortifications, holds a Kleif M.16 before the German offensive.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kleinflammenwerfer (Kleif) Modell 16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Pionier holds the flamethrower. Grenades Model 16/17 Stielhandgranate German soldiers are seen with several Model 16 and Model 17 Stielhandgranates .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 16 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Model 17 Stielhandgranate Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the stick cap of the grenade that the soldier holds in his right hand. Other OSP-30 Flare Pistol A German pilot fires an anachronistic Soviet OSP-30 Flare Pistol standing for a Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 or a French Model 1917.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing OSP-30 - 26.5mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pilot aims the pistol at an Allied Caquot dirigible observation balloon. 21 cm Mörser 16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Langer 21 cm Mörser Model 16, displayed at the Finnish Artillery Museum in Hämeenlinna - 210mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Full view of a Mörser as a German column passed by General Hoeppner's (Axel Prahl ) headquarters. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Mörser being reloaded on the frontline. Unknown Howitzer Unknown Howitzers can be seen used by German soldiers. They look like 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitzen 13 but the shield is mounted too far forward and the barrel has only one ring. This howitzer can be seen also in the 2011 movie War Horse
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: 15-cm-schwere Feldhaubitze 13 L17 Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers prepare a howitzer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A line of German howitzers. Only the first two are real; the others are CGI. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two abandoned howitzers in No Man's Land. Note that there are mounted seats on the shield. Planes Albatros D.III Error creating thumbnail: File missing Albatros D.V Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fokker Dr.I Error creating thumbnail: File missing The infamous Fokker Dr. I was given to von Richthofen in September 1917. Handley Page O/400 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sopwith F.1 Camel Error creating thumbnail: File missing Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing 
