Demons (Besy)
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Demons Besy ) is a Russian 2006 mini-series, a screen adaptation of the famous novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
The following weapons were used in the film Demons (Besy) (2006) :
Revolvers Single Action Army "Cavalry" Model Pyotr Verkhovensky (Evgeniy Stychkin ) owns a Single Action Army "Cavalry" model revolver. The revolver is partially disassembled, or shows signs of careless repair, as it is fastened with non-standard screws; it also lacks the loading gate door and the extractor rod.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Colt Single Action Army "Cavalry" Model with wooden grips - .45 Long Colt Error creating thumbnail: File missing Verkhovensky draws his revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Verkhovensky threatens Kirillov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Verkhovensky draws his revolver in the climactic scene. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Verkhovensky fires at Shatov. Note the lack of the loading gate door. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Verkhovensky holds his revolver in the scene in Kirillov's room. It is secured with non-standard screws; all three are different, and one is clearly longer than the standard. Reichsrevolver M1883 Aleksey Kirillov (Igor Gordin ) owns an anachronistic Reichsrevolver M1883 revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Reichsrevolver M1883 - 10.6x25R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kirillov shows his revolver to Stavrogin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kirillov with the Reichsrevolver in standoff with Verkhovensky with SAA revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the same scene. Pepperbox Revolver Ivan Shatov (Vladimir Vdovichenkov ) owns a pepperbox revolver. It has the bar hammer that is common for percussion cap models, like Allen & Thurber Pepperbox , but the large nut of the fixing screw is a feature that can be seen on some models of Lefaucheux Pepperbox .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For reference: Allen & Thurber Pepperbox revolver. The screen gun has similar fluted cylinder and bar hammer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing In dire need of money, Shatov comes to Lyamshin (Anatoliy Goryachev) to sell the gun. The bar hammer can be seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shatov forces Lyamshin to buy the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The wide flat grip of the pepperbox is seen. Rounded grips are more common for the guns of this type. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close-up of the pepperbox in hands of Lyamshin. Note the rod below the cylinder. Possibly this is a part of the broken support that is used in Lefaucheux system. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pepperbox. Webley Bulldog The revolver, used by an unknown man to shoot himself, is a Webley Bulldog . The gun lacks the extractor rod.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Belgian copy of a Webley Bulldog - 32 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing The Bulldog in the dead hand. Pistols M1854 Naval Percussion Cap Pistol During the duel between Nikolay Stavrogin (Yuri Kolokolnikov ) and Artemy Gaganov (Pavel Trubiner ), both duelists use Russian M1854 Naval percussion cap pistols . Exactly the same pistols are used in the corresponding scene in the 2014 TV adaptation .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian M1854 Naval percussion cap pistol - .71 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Aleksey Kirillov (Igor Gordin ), Stavgorin's second, brings the box with two pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gaganov holds his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gaganov prepares to fire. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol shows correct shooting, with small sparks on the percussion cap lock and large muzzle flame. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Stavrogin holds his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gaganov's second Mavrikiy Nikolaevich (Aleksandr Arsentyev) takes the pistol from the duelist. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gaganov holds his pistol after the second gunshot. This time only the flash on the lock is seen, without the muzzle flame. See Also Other screen adaptations of the original novel:
