The Lost Letter (Propala hramota)
Soviet Russian Poster
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) :
Pistols
Flintlock Pistol
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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vasyl holds two pistols akimbo.
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Wheellock Pistol
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.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Good Devil (at the left) holds wheellock pistol after firing it. In fact, seconds before, he fired different gun (see below). Andriy with a pair of wheellock pistol on the belt is seen at the right).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andriy cocks his wheellock pistol.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Andriy (at the right) with the pair wheellock and Vasyl (at the left) with the pair of flintlock pistol on the belts,
Percussion Cap Pistol
Anachronistic genuine Percussion Cap Pistol can be seen hanged on the wall of Vasyl's home.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistol is seen ath the top, left, between ther horn and shield.
Shotguns
IZh-18 (Sawn-Off, mocked as flintlock pistols)
Most of firing onscreen guns and all firing handguns actually is the sawn-off IZh-18s , mocked up as flintlock pistols.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cossack Vasyl draws his "pistol" to shot the Janissar. Note the spur on the trigger guard.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Good Devil fires the "pistol" tooked from Petro. A second later, this gun switches to wheeelock pistol.
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Blunderbuss
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.
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Muskets
Kabyle Musket
Cossacks Ivan and Petro carry Kabyle Muskets at the first part on the movie. Similar looking guns can be seen on the slings of several brigands. This guns didn't fired onscreen. Most likely, the same movie props later were used in the TV-series In Search for Captain Grant (V poiskakh kapitana Granta) and movie Cossacks Go (Kozaky Ydut)
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