Lacombe, Lucien
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Main Cast
Character
Actor
Lucien Lacombe
Pierre Blaise
France Horn
Aurore Clément
Albert Horn
Holger Löwenadler
Bella Horn
Therese Giehse
Jean-Bernard de Voisin
Stéphane Bouy
Betty Beaulieu
Loumi Iacobesco
Stéphane Faure
René Bouloc
Henri Aubert
Pierre Decazes
Lacombe, Lucien Lacombe Lucien , without a comma) is a 1974 French war drama directed by Louis Malle. The plot is set in France in 1944. Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise), a 17-year-old boy living in a small town, tries to join the Resistance unit but is turned down on grounds of age. Upon returning to the town, Lucien accidentally betrayes the Resistance leader. As a result, he is recruited by the French Gestapo (Carlingue ). Lucien enjoys his new power and position until he falls in love with a Jewish girl France Horn (Aurore Clément).
The movie won the BAFTA award in 1975.
The following weapons were used in the film Lacombe, Lucien :
Pistols Luger P08 The personnel of the French Gestapo, including Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise), Henri Aubert (Pierre Decazes), Jean-Bernard de Voisin (Stéphane Bouy ), Pierre Tonin (Jean Rougerie), and Hippolyte (Pierre Saintons ), are mostly armed with Luger P08 pistols.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Luger P08 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Henri Aubert holds a Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of Aubert's pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aubert teaches Lucien to shoot the Luger. Several MP40 SMGs are seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien fires at a target. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jean-Bernard de Voisin, pretending to be a Maquisard (French Resistance fighter) wounded in the leg, aims his Luger at the Professor Vaugeois. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Luger is seen in hands of the head of the local French Gestapo Tonin who is wounded by the Maquisards . Error creating thumbnail: File missing A French Gestapo operative (Franz Rudnick) holds Aubert's Luger together with his own Vis wz. 35 (see below). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hippolyte's pistol is seen on the floor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A lobby card shows the scene that is seen on one of the screenshots above. The wounded Tonin (in center) holds his Luger while Aubert passes his own gun to the man at the right. Walther P38 In one scene Henri Aubert (Pierre Decazes) holds a Walther P38 instead of his common Luger.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aubert holds a P38 at the left when the French Gestapo personnel examine the place where de Voisin's car was attacked by the Resistance. Mauser HSc Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) carries a Mauser HSc throughout the movie. The pistol has black plastic grips so it's a late wartime production.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser HSc with plastic grips - .32 ACP (7.65x17mm) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds his pistol in the scene in the Professor Vaugeois' house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien rests in the chair with his pistol in hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien examines his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds his pistol in the scene in the tailor Albert Horn's room. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien threatens the house owner Laborit (Jacques Rispal ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien aims the pistol at a passerby whom he suspects of spying on him. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds the Mauser HSc in the scene in Albert Horn's room, depicted on a promotional image. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien aims the pistol at a passerby on a promotional image. Vis wz. 35 A French Gestapo operative (Franz Rudnick) carries a nickel plated Vis wz. 35 pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vis wz. 35 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing The nickel plated Vis is seen in hands of the French Gestapo operative at the far left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The operative holds his Vis and Aubert's Luger. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same scene is seen on a lobby card. The Vis is seen at the far left. Ruby What appears to be a Ruby pistol is seen on the table in the local headquarters of the French Gestapo.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gabilondo Ruby - .32 ACP Error creating thumbnail: File missing What appears to be a pistol of the vast Ruby family is seen on the table. Unidentified pistols Several more handguns are seen on the table. In addition to a pair of Luger P08 pistols and the aforementioned Ruby , there are a large unknown pistol (1 ), a disassembled pistol (2 ) and a holster-stock for Mauser C96 in leather cover (3 ). The barrel of the disassembled pistol is in hands of Henri Aubert. The shape of the grip and the rear part of the slide of this pistol bear resemblance with MAS M1935S but this is a very vague guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Submachine Guns MP40 Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise), Hippolyte (Pierre Saintons ), Miliciens (personnel of Milice , the paramilitary organization of the Vichy regime), and German soldiers use MP40 submachine guns in various scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing MP40 - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing Four MP40s are seen (at the far right) in the local headquarters of the French Gestapo. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hippolyte carries an MP40 in the scene in the Professor Vaugeois' house. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds an MP40 during the operation against the Resistance unit. The grey parkerized surface is probably a result of post-war refinishing. MP40s are also seen in hands of Hippolyte and a Milicien at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A view of Lucien's MP40 from another side. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien picks up Hyppolite's MP40 while holding his own submachine gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hyppolite holds an MP40 in the headquarters building. Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers carry MP40s. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien carries an MP40 when he helps France Horn to escape. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A disassembled MP40 is seen on the table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien carries an MP40 on a lobby card. Sten Mk II Several Maquisards are armed with Sten submachine guns during the night attack on the local headquarters of the French Gestapo. The Stens are seen unclear due to the darkness, but Mk II seems to be the best guess.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sten Mk II (Canadian) - 9x19mm Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Resistance fighter on the stairs holds a Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two men with Stens break into the building. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A man at the background fires his Sten. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) holds a Sten on promotional images. He doesn't hold this gun in the movie. Possibly these images are from a deleted scene that depicts Lucien's attempt to join the Resistance. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A German promotional image shows the Resistance fighters with Stens and MP40s . Rifles Mauser Gewehr 1898 German soldiers and Miliciens are armed with Mauser Gewehr 1898 rifles. Many if not all of these rifles have tangent-leaf sights rather than Lange-Visier sights, so they can be identified as post-WWI G98M rework model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mauser Gewehr 1898M - 7.92x57mm Mauser Error creating thumbnail: File missing German soldiers carry Mauser rifles on slings. They are too long for Kar 98k and are supposed to be Gewehr 98 or some similar full-length model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Miliciens hold Mauser Gewehr 1898M rifles. The flat tangent-leaf sight can be seen on the rifle in center.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Milicien holds a Mauser rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close, although blurry view of a G98M rifle. Shotguns Double Barreled Shotgun Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) holds a Double Barreled Shotgun during the rabbit hunt.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reference: French-Belgian Brichet Nantes side by side shotgun - 16 gauge Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien cleans the shotgun prior the hunt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He opens the shotgun and examines the barrels. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien with the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien reloads the shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds the shotgun on a promotional image. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien aims the shotgun on a promotional image. Gras Shotgun Lucien Lacombe (Pierre Blaise) holds a hunting gun on a promotional image. While the breech isn't seen, this gun may be identified as a Gras Model 1874 rifle converted into a hunting shotgun. Such gun isn't used in the movie.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Gras 1874 rifle converted into a 12 Gauge shotgun. Manufactured in Belgium. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lucien holds a hunting gun on a promotional image. 
