Khaspush
Original Poster
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Rza
Hrachia Nersisyan
Fatima
M. Dulgaryan
Akhmed
Tigran Ayvazyan
Seyid Habibulla
Nikita Janan
Nasir al-Din Shah
Vagharsh Vagharshyan
Head of police
Avet Avetisyan
Khaspush Khas-push or Khaz-push ) is a 1928 Soviet Armenian B&W silent historical drama directed by Hamo Beknazarian (credited as Amo Bek-Nazaryan). It depicts the uprising of Khaspushes (impoverished peasants and townspeople) in Qajar Persia in 1891 against the tobacco monopoly, given by Nasir al-Din Shah to a British company.
The following weapons were used in the film Khaspush :
Handguns Webley RIC During the storming of the British embassy by the Khaspushes , several British guards are armed with Webley RIC style revolvers (the barrels are too long for compact Bulldogs ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Victorian era Webley RIC type revolver, c. 1880s - .450 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A RIC style revolver is seen in hands of an Englishman at the foreground. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another similar looking is seen at the right. It lacks the extractor (possibly this part is simply broken) but all other features match Webley gate loading revolvers. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of same "extractor-less" revolver. Note the protrusion at the bottom front part of the frame that can be an attachment of the absent rotating extractor. Unidentified revolvers Several unidentified revolvers are also seen in hands of British guards in the same scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A shadow of a revolver is seen at the background. It may be a top-break gun, possibly a Smith & Wesson . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A large frame revolver is seen at the background. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing An unidentified revolver in hands of an Englishman. This is possibly a gun with a swing-out cylinder. Flintlock Pistol Oriental style pistols, most likely flintlock , are seen on the wall in Nasir al-Din Shah's palace.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Turkish Flintlock Pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Oriental pistol, supposedly a flintlock, is seen on the bottom of the wall. Another pistol can be barely seen on the top. Rifles Berdan No.2 Most Persian soldiers, both infantry and cavalry, are armed with Berdan No.2 rifles. In reality the Persian military of late 19th century was equipped with a mix of Martini-Henry , Snider-Enfield and Chassepot 1866 rifles.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Berdan No.2 (M1870) Infantry rifle - 10.67x58mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier carries a Berdan rifle on the bazaar of Tehran. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier, carrying a Berdan rifle, confronts a mullah who calls for defiance of the Shah's decree. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Soldiers carry a body of an executed man, dressed as a Persian officer in an attempt to accuse Khaspushes in unprovoked murder. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Khaspush attacks a soldier during the storming of the prison. Note two cartridges in the soldier's belt bandolier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Khaspushes brandish sticks, swords and several rifles, captured from soldiers.Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Khaspush in center aims a Berdan rifle. Note that he holds two cartridges in fingers on the hand that grasps the handguard. This was a real practice of seasoned shooters for single-shot rifles that allowed to load the rifle faster that with taking each cartridge from bandolier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cavalrymen with Berdan rifles attack the rebels. Berdan No.2 Dragoon A Berdan No.2 Dragoon rifle is seen in hands of a Khaspush in the final scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian Berdan № 2 (M1870) Dragoon rifle - 10.75x58mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Berdan Dragoon rifle is seen at the right. Note the rifle sling, attached in slots rather than on swivels, that allows to identify the rifle as Dragoon. Berdan No.2 Carbine A Berdan No.2 Carbine is seen in hands of a Khaspush in the final scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A family of Berdan No.2 rifles: 1 - Infantry rifle, 2 - Dragoon rifle, 3 - Cossack rifle, 4 - carbine. Drawing from Strelkovoye orujie ("Firearms") by Aleksandr Juck. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A short-barreled Berdan carbine is seen at the left. Mosin Nagant M1891 Probably due to insufficient number of avaiable Berdan rifles, some Mosin Nagant M1891 rifles are also used in the movie, carried by the Persian soldiers and Khaspushes . Most if not all of these rifles are Infantry model.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Imperial Russian Mosin Nagant M1891 Infantry - 7.62x54mm R Error creating thumbnail: File missing An soldier to the right of the cannon holds an M1891 Infantry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Khaspush in center holds an M1891 Infantry rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Khaspush at the left carries an M1891 rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A soldier in center carries an M1891 Infantry rifle. Muskets Several Oriental style muskets are seen on the wall of Shah's palace. It's hard to say for sure what kinds of lock are used on these guns.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Turkish Flintlock Musket Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three decorated muskets are seen on the wall. Trivia Two antique cannons (possibly mockup barrels mounted on genuine carriages) are used against the Khaspushes who storm the Shah's palace.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A cannon at the Shah's palace. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The cannon fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another cannon fires. 
