Movie Lugers List--Spring 2006

[alanint]

I have visited the actual castle on several occasions. Schloss Hohenwerfen is about 90km south of Saltzburg in the town of Werfen, Austria, (which Richard Burton correctly identifies in the movie). It is not on some lofty peak, but sits on a small rise in the middle of an alpine valley. At certain angles, it looks like it is way up high, but you actually walk up into it from the valley parking lot! The only cablecar system associated with the castle is the small one used to haul kegs of beer up to the kitchens! The cable car scenes were filmed not too far away in a neighboring village. The castle is associated with "Eagles" in a way, as its history is one of falconry and hunting with birds in general. They still do demonstrations for tourists. The courtyard where the helicopter landed in the movie is now a beer garden and the "Cablecar Room", whose door the Germans had to break down is now the souvenir shop!

On an actual historical note, there is a bridge not too far from the castle where Otto Skorzeni, the famous German commando, surrendered himself and his remaining troops to the Allies at the end of the war.

http://www.salzburg-burgen.at/en/werfen/

Originally Posted by Patronen

There is an interesting story about shooting the scene where Clint's character shoots VonHappen played by actor Derren Nesbitt. Apparently Nesbitt had to be rushed to the hospital while he was still in full Gestapo Uniform where they worked to save his eyesite because of an accident while filming.

http://www.derrennesbitt.co.uk/id2.html

[sheepherder]

Not a Luger, but in the final [two] episodes of 'Mob City' last night, one of Bugsey Siegels' henchmen uses what appears to be a nickel plated Mauser 'Broomhandle' to shoot at the protective detail of a witness...

Sort of an interesting TV series, with new special effects...It is supposedly based on the book 'L.A. Noir' by John Buntin, which I am reading now, which is a historical narrative of the times described...But the TV series is fictionalized using several central fictional characters [the book is factual]...However, there is another book with the same title ['L.A. Noir'] by James Elroy, the author of the highly successful book 'L.A. Confidential', both of which are works of fiction...Describing the same period, city, and gangland figures...

[Maestro]

I saw a 2011 British-German action thriller film that contains prominent fairy tale elements, directed by Joe Wright, called Hanna. Hanna Heller (Saoirse Ronan) is a 15-year-old girl [4][5][6] who lives with her father, Erik Heller (Eric Bana) in rural northern Finland, near Kuusamo. The film opens with her hunting and killing a reindeer, first by shooting it with an arrow that just misses its heart, and then killing it with a handgun (Luger!!)..