Senso '45

Senso '45 (released in USA under the original title and in UK and some other countries as Black Angel) is a 2002 Italian romantic drama directed by Tinto Brass and starring Anna Galiena and Gabriel Garko. The movie is a loosely based on the novel Senso (1882) by Camillo Boito, being a second screen adaptation of the original novel after Luchino Visconti's 1954 film. Unlike the novel and Visconti's film, in this version the story is set in Nazi-controlled North Italy in March 1945. Livia Mazzoni, the wife of high rank Fascist official, goes to Venice to meet her lover, SS officer Helmut Schultz.
The movie is shot partially in color and partially in B&W.
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= Revolvers =
== Bodeo M1889 ==
In a scene that depicts the filming of a movie Tradimento ("Treachery"), an actor in the role of jealous husband (Lele Masiol) uses a Bodeo M1889 to "kill" his unfaithful wife and her lover and "shoot himself".
== Unidentified revolvers ==
When members of the Resistance in Venice interrupt a theater performance, one of them holds a pair of barely seen revolvers.
= Pistols =
== Walther P38 ==
Lieutenant (to be precise, SS Obersturmfuhrer) Helmut Schultz (Gabriel Garko) carries a Walther P38 in several scenes. His pistol is also seen in hands of Livia Mazzoni (Anna Galiena). In the said scene in Venetian theater, the leader of Resistance group carries a holster for P38; it's hard to say if there is a pistol inside.
== Glisenti Model 1910 ==
One of the members of the Resistance in the said scene in Venetian theater holds a Glisenti Model 1910 pistol.
== Beretta M1934 ==
One more member of the Resistance in the said scene in Venetian theater is armed with a Beretta M1934 pistol. In another scene an SS Hauptsturmfuhrer carries a Beretta M1934 in holster.
== Luger P08 ==
An SS officer in charge of the firing squad during the execution of Helmut Schultz holds a Luger P08.
== Mauser C96 ==
When Italian partisans stop the car of Venetian lawyer Ugo Oggiano (Franco Branciaroli), their commander (uncredited) is armed with a Mauser C96. Closeups allow to identify the exact model as "Wartime Commercial".
== Unidentified pistol ==
A female partisan Cornelia (uncredited) carries an unidentified pistol at her belt. Only the grip can be seen.
= Submachine Guns =
== Beretta Model 38A ==
A group of Blackshirts of Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security") in raid on Venetian streets carry Beretta Model 38A submachine guns.
== FNA-B 43 ==
FNA-B 43 submachine guns are used by Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana (GNR, "National Republican Guard") guardsmen.
== TZ-45 ==
Blackshirts also carry TZ-45 SMGs.
== MP28 ==
An MP28 is used by a partisan.
== MP40 ==
A female partisan Cornelia (uncredited) is armed with an MP40 SMG. In the scenes in Venice MP40s are used by Waffen SS soldiers.
= Rifles =
== Carcano M91 TS Modificato ==
One of the partisans is armed with a Carcano short rifle. The lenth of the gun, position of sling swivels and visible bayonet lug allow to identify the exact model as Carcano M91 TS Modificato (Carcano M91/24 is also possible but seems less likely).
= Shotguns =
== Triple Barreled Shotgun/Rifle ==
One of the partisans is armed with a triple barreled combination gun with two side by side shotgun barrels and the third, relatively thin barrel below.
= Machine Guns =
== ZB-26 ==
A Waffen SS soldier holds a ZB-26 machine gun (German designation for this weapon was MG 26(t)).
== MG 34 ==
Several MG 34 machine guns are seen at the SS headquarters.
== Breda Modello 30 ==
A Breda Modello 30 machine gun is also seen at the SS headquarters.
== Bergmann MG 15nA (?) ==
A machine gun, seen at the background in one scene, looks similar to Bergmann MG 15nA but it's too vague.
== Scotti-Isotta-Fraschini 20/70 Modello 1939/1941 ==
A 20mm AA autocannon Scotti-Isotta-Fraschini 20/70 (often referred as 20/77 after the German measurement of its barrel length) is seen on a Venetian street.
= Other Weapons =
== SRCM Mod. 35 ==
Patrolmen of Guardia Nazionale Repubblicana carry SRCM Mod. 35 hand grenades. Grenades are khaki colored that indicates post-war production.
== Model 24 Stielhandgranate ==
Model 24 Stielhandgranate hand grenades are seen in SS headquarters.
Category:Movie
Category:Drama
Category:Romance
Category:War
Category:Italian Produced/Filmed