Viva Maria!

Viva Maria! (also released as Long Live Maria!) is a 1965 French-Italian comedy western film directed by Louis Malle. Jeanne Moreau and Brigitte Bardot star as two women named Maria- "Maria I", a talented circus performer, and Marie Fitzgerald O'Malley ("Maria II"), an Irish republican activist. The two inadvertently cross paths in the fictional Central American nation of San Miguel. Both teach each other what they do best: revolution and love. On their journey through San Miguel, they get caught up in the unrest between the people and the government.
The film is set in 1907, which makes several weapons anachronistic.
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=Revolvers=
==Colt Bisley==
The Colt Bisley is used by Rodríguez henchmen. A peon retrieves another revolver from a "safe hiding place". Father Superior (Francisco Reiguera) owns two Colt Bisleys, which he draws on the train.
==Colt New Service==
The San Miguel soldiers and also some rebels carry Colt New Service revolvers.
=Rifles=
==Mosin Nagant Variant==
British soldiers in the movie's beginning carry rifles which are not clearly visible because they can only be seen from a distance. However, some of these rifles have hooded front sights, straight bolt handles, and spike bayonets, so a variant of the Mosin Nagant is a probable guess. The British Army never used the Mosin Nagant at any point in its history, the service rifle in 1907 would have been the Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.I or the newly-introduced Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III.
==Winchester Model 1894==
The Great Rodolfo (Claudio Brook) owns a Winchester Model 1894, which is taken and fired by Maria I (Brigitte Bardot). Many of Ródriguez's henchmen and revolutionaries are also seen with Winchester Model 1894 rifles.
==Winchester Model 1892==
The rebels and the muscular Werther (Poldo Benandi) confiscate a large quantity of Winchester Model 1892 rifles from an armory.
==FN Mauser Mle. 1924==
The San Miguel soldiers and rebels' most commonly used rifle is the FN Mauser Mle. 1924, anachronistic for the 1907 setting.
==Mauser Model 1910 Carbine==
Various rebels and soldiers are also seen with anachronistic Mexican Mauser Model 1910 Carbines.
=Machine Guns=
==Vickers Mk. I==
Landowner Rodríguez (Carlos López Moctezuma) owns an ornate Vickers, which Maria Fitzgerald O'Malley (Brigitte Bardot) also refers to as such. However, Rodríguez calls it the "Skyton-Babbit Model 1907".
thumb|none|400px|Vickers Mark I - .303 British
==Hotchkiss Mle. 1914==
The government armed train is equipped with a Hotchkiss M1914. What is most likely the same Hotchkiss is later seen placed behind a barricade in the streets of the capital city.
=Hand Grenades=
==Mk 2 hand grenade==
A rebel attaches a red Mk 2 hand grenade on his belt.
=="Lamarre" Mle. 1877==
Maria I (Brigitte Bardot) uses a "Lamarre" Mle. 1877 grenade to destroy the howitzer.
==Mills Bomb-style Grenade==
Ródriguez uses an unidentified grenade that closely resembles an anachronistic British Mills Bomb, however, there are distinct differences in appearance. It is more than likely a production-made prop.
==Model 39 Eihandgranate==
A trained pigeon drops an unidentified grenade attached by Diogène (Gregor von Rezzori) that closely resembles an anachronistic German Model 39 Eihandgranate on the army positions.
thumb|none|185px|Eihandgranate Modell 39
=Other=
==7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M.15== 
Government troops use an Austro-Hungarian 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M.15 mountain howitzer to control the valley.
==Bent Barrel Gun==
In the course of the movie, The Great Rodolfo (Claudio Brook) invents a bent barrel gun which is made from a Single Barreled Shotgun. He attaches a mirror to the barrel and uses the result to shoot around corners. His invention manages to beat the German Krummlauf device by 35 years. 
Category:Movie
Category:Comedy
Category:Western
Category:French Produced/Filmed
Category:Italian Produced/Filmed