Factual error: Clooney refers to the rifle as an "M14". The Rüger Mini-14 is a different rifle than the M14 (used e.g. by the Marine Corps prior to the M16).
Airborne60
21st Aug 2011
The American (2010)
24th May 2011
Female Agents (2008)
Factual error: The SS Officer is repeatedly addressed as "Herr Oberst". This is a Wehrmacht rank designation, and could possibly have been correct for them addressing an SS officer, but fellow SS officers would have used the correct term "Standartenführer" (without the "Herr"). On one occasion the lower rank SS officer is address as "Herr Leutnant" which is equally wrong, should be "(Ober)sturmführer"
3rd Feb 2011
Carlos (2010)
Factual error: The attack on the OPEC meeting in Vienna takes place on December 21. Yet, when Carlos' team exits the tram, the trees are full with green summer leaves and the sun shines as it would on a high summer day.
23rd Jan 2011
Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
Factual error: The commanding SS officer at the church massacre is incorrectly addressed "Herr Major". Although his rank does correspond to that of a Wehrmacht major, the correct address is "Sturmbannführer" (and not with "Herr", in the SS officers were addressed with rank only).
8th Nov 2010
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Factual error: Kovic is in the Marines. "Choppers" are called "Helos" in the Marines, and a "Medic" is called "Corpsman". Kovic uses the Army terms.
19th Sep 2010
Downfall (2004)
Factual error: Traudl Junge originated from Munich, Bavaria. Her accent though is not Bavarian. That she really spoke with a Bavarian accent can be checked in later interviews.
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