Minin and Pozharsky
Original Russian Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Kuzma Minin
Aleksandr Khanov
Dmitry Pozharsky
Boris Livanov
Roman
Boris Chirkov
Hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz
Anatoliy Goryunov
King Sigismund III of Poland
Mikhail Astangov
Grigory Orlov
Lev Sverdlin
Stepan Khoroshev
Vladimir Moskvin
Prince Dmitry Troubetskoy
Sergey Komarov
Ivan Zarutsky
Yevgeniy Kaluzhsky
Pozharsky's wife
Yelizaveta Kuzyurina
Minin and Pozharsky Минин и Пожарский ; 'Minin i Pozharskiy' ) is a 1939 Soviet B&W movie directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Mikhail Doller (The End of St. Petersburg ). Story take place during the end of Time of Troubles and tells about war between Russian peoples under the leadership of merchant Kuzma Minin and prince Dmitry Pozharsky against Polish army and Swedish mercenaries. This is the first movie about Time of Troubles. The second is 1612 .
The following weapons were used in the film Minin and Pozharsky :
Wheellock Pistol Swedish mercenary Schmidt (Lev Fenin ) fires Wheellock Pistol during the end of final battle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brunswick wheellock pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Schmidt (Lev Fenin ) holds his pistol in the left hand. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Schmidt (Lev Fenin ) fires his pistol at the Russian soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Note the smoking barrel. Wheellock Musket Many Russian soldier fires Wheellock Muskets during the final battle. It's completely historically incorrect. While this type of firearms was exist during the 1613, it was a very expensive gun, which uses only by a rich military personnel or aristocrats, and it absolutely couldn't be the main mass firearm of soldiers in the country, which was destroyed by a long civil war.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing European Matchlock musket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish soldiers with the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same soldier a few seconds later. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian man (Mikhail Gluzsky ) aims his musket at Polish soldiers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian man fires his musket. Due the fact, that any part of the matchlock doesn't move, it's obviosly, that the flame and smoke are produced by pyrotechnical charge in the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Swedish mercenaries with the muskets at the background. Matches is seen Charleville Musket Polish soldier fires heavy anochronistic Charleville Musket to wounds Dmitry Pozharsky (Boris Livanov).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Original Charleville Mle 1763 - .69 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Polish soldier aims. Note the similar muzzle shape. Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Polish soldier fires fires, the flintlock doesn't move and the flame and smoke are produced by pyrotechnical charge in the muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Note the similar barrel band and ramrod position. Note also, that the second barrel band is broken (it's mark on the stock is seen). Cannon Polish soldiers and Russian militiamen uses cannons.
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