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Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) (1971)
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Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) is a 1971 Soviet screen adaptation of famous adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, directed by Yevgeni Fridman. The movie was filmed on Gorky Film Studio in Moscow but most actors are of Estonian and Lithuanian origin.
The following weapons were used in the film Treasure Island (Ostrov sokrovishch) (1971):
While most flintlock pistols in the movie are mockups (see below), some genuine pistols are also seen. They appear to be of Russian M1809 model that was manufactured until 1830s in vast numbers. In firing scenes these pistols are replaced by mockups.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian Cavalry Pistol M1809 - .70 calError creating thumbnail: File missingA pistol, tucked at the belt of Captain Smollett (Juozas Urmanavicius), appears to be a genuine according to the shape of the grip (mockups have more simple grips) and a small plating on the grip that is a place for the Russian Empire coat of arms.Error creating thumbnail: File missingDuring the scene on board of Hispaniola Jim Hawkins' (Aare Laanemets) pistols switch from mockups to genuine pistols. A real flint lock can be seen.Error creating thumbnail: File missingLong John Silver (Boris Andreyev) gives Jim Hawkins a pistol that also appears to be a genuine. Another pistol, tucked at Silver's belt, looks similar. Next moment, in the firing scene, these pistols switches to mockups.
Most flintlock pistols in the film are Izhmekh IZh-18 shotguns with sawed-off barrels and buttstocks and fake flint locks, mocked up after M1809 Russian model. They are often seen firing, but the locks doesn't move, dispalying that they are mere mockups. Such pistols are used by most characters, including Jim Hawkins (Aare Laanemets), Long John Silver (Boris Andreyev), Dr. Livesey (Laimonas Noreika), Squire Trelawney (Algimantas Masiulis), Captain Smollett (Juozas Urmanavicius), Billy Bones (Kazimieras Vitkus), George Merry (Vytautas Tomkus), and Ben Gunn (Igor Klass).
Like pistols, flintlock muskets in the film are also visually modified Izhmekh IZh-18 shotguns. There are two models; first one, more often seen, has a shorter barrel and slightly flared muzzle; the second has intact long barrel of the original shotgun. Their flint locks also doesn't move when these guns fire.
A naval cannon, used by pirates to fire at Captain Smollett's boat, appears to be not a mockup but a genuine carronade, Russian Navy model of early XIX century, supposedly in 8-pounder caliber.
