The Lost Letter (Propala hramota): Difference between revisions
The Lost Letter (Propala hramota): Difference between revisions - Internet Movie Firearms Database - Guns in Movies, TV and Video Games
The Lost Letter (Propala hramota): Difference between revisions
==IZh-18 (Sawn-Off, mocked as flintlock pistols)==
==IZh-18 (Sawn-Off, mocked as flintlock pistols)==
Most of firing onscreen guns and all firing handguns actually is the sawn-off [[IZh-18]]s, mocked up as flintlock pistols.
Most of firing onscreen guns and all firing handguns actually is the sawn-off [[IZh-18]]s, mocked up as flintlock pistols.
[[File:IZh-18 sawn-off.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Sawn-off Izhmekh IZh-18. Note the typical spur on the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Izh 17 sawed-off.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Izhmekh IZh-17 single barreled Sawed Off shotgun - 16 gauge. The IZh-18 is the same, aside from not having an exposed hammer.]]
[[Image:Propala hramota shotgun 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossack Vasyl draws his "pistol" to shot the Janissar. Note the spur on the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Propala hramota shotgun 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossack Vasyl draws his "pistol" to shot the Janissar. Note the spur on the trigger guard.]]
[[Image:Propala hramota shotgun 1 2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossack Ivan ([[Anatoli Barchuk]]) with the "pistol" on the belt. Note the spur on the trigger guard..]]
[[Image:Propala hramota shotgun 1 2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Cossack Ivan ([[Anatoli Barchuk]]) with the "pistol" on the belt. Note the spur on the trigger guard..]]
The Lost Letter (Ukrainian: Пропала грамота; Propala hramota Russian: Пропавшая грамота; Propavshaya gramota) is a 1972 Soviet Ukrainian language fantstic comedy, loosely based on the Nikolai Gogol's novel with the same name. Among with the Chasing Two Hares (Za dvumya zaytsami), this movie were the two most popular Soviet movie, filmed complitely in Ukrainian language.
The following weapons were used in the film The Lost Letter (Propala hramota):
Genuine Flintlock Pistols is seen in the hands of several characters, include the main hero, cossack Vasyl (Ivan Mykolaichuk). Most of it's are anachronistic (for the Catherine the Great's era) Russian Cavalry M1809. No one of the pistols didn't fired onscreen due obviosly reason.
Antique genuine Wheellock Pistols can be seen in the hands of several characters, include the cossack Andriy (Fyodor Strigun) and the Good Devil (Vladimir Glukhoy). No one of it weren't fired onscreen as well.
Cossack Petro fires Blunderbuss at the one moment. Althought, this gunshot was pyrotechnicaly produced, this is the only antique genuine firearm, that can be seen in action onscreen.
