The Duelist (Duelyant)
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The Duelist Duelyant ) is a Russian 2016 action drama directed by Aleksey Mizgiryov. The story is set in Saint Petersburg in 1860. Perfect marksman Pyotr Petrovich Yakovlev (Pyotr Fyodorov ) acts as a mercenary, replacing duelists on shooting duels, in accordance with the duel codex of that time. Yakovlev is involved in the intrigues of Count Beklemishev (Vladimir Mashkov ), and flashback scenes reveal his past as officer Kolychev who was, many years ago, dishonored by Beklemishev and now seeks revenge.
The following weapons were used in the film The Duelist (Duelyant) :
Screen Guns Error creating thumbnail: File missing A production still of several actual screen guns: Pettingill Revolver , Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 Second Issue , three double barreled pinfire pistols (two of which are the same model, but one is fitted with a kind of folding dagger-bayonet), a over and under Howdah Pistol , a Percussion Cap Pistol and two pairs of Percussion Dueling Pistols . Revolvers Pettingill Revolver The main weapon of Pyotr Yakovlev (Pyotr Fyodorov ) is a Pettingill Revolver that is slightly anachronistic (while the revolver was invented in 1856, production by Roger & Spencer started only in 1861, a year after the story is set). The original cylinder of the revolver is replaced by a cartridge-loading cylinder (but on screen, the cartridges are loaded from the front, as it is a short-lived early Thuer cartridge conversion, developed prior to the expiration of the Rollin-White patent for a "bored-trough" cylinder that was in exclusive use of S&W until 1869). Yakovlev calls his revolver a "six-shot Francotte". It's most likely the same movie prop that was used in The Ninth
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pettingill "Navy" model revolver - .34 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Howdah Pistol , Pinfire Double Barreled Pistol and Pettingill Revolver on Yakovlev's table.Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev holds the disassembled revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev puts the revolver to his chin. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver on table. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The brother of the real Yakovlev (Aleksandr Yatsenko ) holds the revolver to his head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev with the revolver. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Fire! Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 Second Issue A Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 Second Issue revolver is used by Beklemishev's henchmen Liprandi (Pavel Kuzmin ) and Chichagov (Dmitriy Kulichkov ). Count Beklemishev (Vladimir Mashkov ) holds the same revolver during the final duel. This model doesn't fit for 1860 as production started in 1868.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Smith & Wesson Model 1 1/2 Second Issue - .32 S&W Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liprandi holds the revolver in the scene at the Baron's house. This is a continuity error as in previous and following scenes, he is armed with a Pinfire Pistol . Error creating thumbnail: File missing The revolver in the hands of Chichagov. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chichagov threatens Yakovlev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev disarms Chichagov... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and throws the revolver on the floor. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beklemishev holds the revolver during the final duel. Mariette Pepperbox A Mariette Pepperbox is used by Count Beklemishev (Vladimir Mashkov ) and Chichagov (Dmitriy Kulichkov ). Beklemishev calls the gun a "Allen and Thulber Bundelrevolver (a German term, used for pepperbox guns in Russia), with rifled barrels (incorrect statement), and six bullets fired in one shot". According to an interview with the movie armorer, two guns were used: a genuine 19th century pepperbox is seen in close-ups, and in shooting sequences it is replaced with a specially made blank-firing replica.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mariette Pepperbox, 6-barrel model - .38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beklemishev holds the pepperbox. Note the ring trigger, typical for the Mariette model. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chichagov holds the pepperbox. Remington 1858 New Army A Remington 1858 New Army revolver is seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1858 New Army - .44 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Remington 1858 is seen on the table (at the left) together with several other revolvers. Various revolvers Some other revolvers of unclear models are also seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several revolvers are seen on the table (at the left). Pistols Dreyse Model 1835 A pair of Dreyse Model 1835 breech-loading needle pistols are used in a duel between Pyotr Yakovlev (Pyotr Fyodorov ) and Prince Rayn (Pierre Bourel). The guns are loaded with mock-up metal cartridges while real Dreyse guns used paper cartridges.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dreyse Model 1835 needle pistol - .38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing A good view of a pistol in hands of Baron Staroeh (Martin Wuttke ). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The second of Prince Rayn (Igor Khripunov ) loads the pistol. Note that the last screenshot is mirrored as the lever is placed on a different side of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Two pistols on the floor, Yakovlev chooses one of them for the duel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev holds a pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prince Rayn holds a pistol to Yakovlev's head. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The owner of gun store (Anton Kuznetsov ) shows the action of the striker. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pistols in the hands of young Prince Tuchkov (Pavel Tabakov ) and Pyotr Yakovlev. Double Barreled Pinfire Pistol Liprandi (Pavel Kuzmin ) carries a Pinfire Double Barreled Pistol in several scenes.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pinfire double barreled pistol, Belgian manufacture - .58 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liprandi holds a double barreled pinfire pistol during the visit to Baron Staroeh. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A side view of the pistol. In next scene, it switches to a Smith & Wesson revolver (see above). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liprandi's gun switches back to a pistol. The grip is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Liprandi defiantly threatens Yakovlev. Yuliya Khlynina ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A compact pinfire pistol is seen on Yakovlev's table, between the Howdah Pistol and Pettingill Revolver . Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marfa Tuchkova holds the gun when she makes an attempt on Beklemishev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Marfa holds the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Beklemishev disarms her. Over and Under Howdah Pistol An over and under Howdah Pistol is one of Yakovlev's guns. According to an interview with the movie armorer, this a genuine English manufactured pistol.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Over and Under Double Barreled Howdah pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing The O/U Howdah pistol is seen at the left. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pyotr Yakovlev readies the pistol... Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and shows his method of shooting using ricochets. Side by Side Howdah Pistol A double barreled percussion cap pistol is seen among numerous pistols in the gun store. It looks large enough to be a Howdah .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holland & Holland Side by Side Howdah pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A side-by-side Howdah Pistol on the wall. Percussion Dueling Pistol Two pairs of Percussion Dueling Pistols are used in the movie. According to an interview with the movie armorer, these pistols are genuine 19th century guns, one pair of French manufacture and another one of German. The first pair is seen in the duel between Yakovlev and Prince Basargin (Yuri Kolokolnikov ); one of these pistols is seen in the flashback scene, showing the quarrel between Kolychev (Yakovlev's real name) and Beklemishev.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mang in Graz Match Percussion Dueling Pistol - .38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tuckov, the second of Basargin, holds two pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev readies his pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Basargin in a shooting position. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A flashback scene shows one of these pistols in the hands of Beklemishev.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing When Yakovlev purchases dueling pistols, the owner of gun store (Anton Kuznetsov ) describes the guns as "a new production of Kuchenreuter, twenty groovings in the bore" (Bartolomaus Joseph Kuchenreuter of Regensburg was a famous gunsmith of dueling pistols in mid-19th century). Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the pistol. Error creating thumbnail: File missing During the duel, Tuchkov (Pavel Tabakov ) accidentally falls and his pistol fires. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The percussion cap lock is seen better. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev holds the pistol during the duel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One of the pistols of this pair is seen in hands of Kolychev in the aforementioned flashback scene. Percussion Cap Pistol A Percussion Cap Pistol is seen in the chest of the real Captain Yakovlev who perished on the Aleutian islands and under whose name Kolychev returned to Saint Petersburg. This gun is a flintlock pistol, converted to percussion cap lock. It looks similar to a French Chatellerault Cavalry Model 1822 pistol or Russian Model 1839 flintlock cavalry pistol, converted to percussion cap lock. Percussion cap pistols of various models are also seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chatellerault Model 1822 T Percussion Cavalry Pistol - .69 cal. This pistol is similar to the screen gun, differing in details. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The pistol in Yakovlev's chest. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous handguns of the table in the gun store. They are mostly percussion cap pistols; some flintlock pistols and several revolvers (at the left) are also seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the scene in the gun store Flintlock Pistol Numerous Flintlock Pistols of various models are seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Charleville Model 1777 Cavalry Officer Flintlock- .69 cal Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Turkish Flintlock Pistol Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Brander & Potts London Flintlock Duelling Pistol - .55 caliber Error creating thumbnail: File missing A grip typical of Oriental-style flintlock pistols. A blurry side by side Howdah Pistol is seen below. Error creating thumbnail: File missing More flintlock pistols. The one on top resembles French Model 1777 Cavalry Officer or a similar Russian model. Both this gun and the one below lack parts of their flintlocks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing More flintlock pistols. They are both military and civilian patterns, some of them in Oriental-style. Pocket pistols are seen further along the wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing More pistols on the wall. The one ahead on the left has a faceted barrel, typical for dueling pistols. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A promotional image shows a scene in the gun store. Numerous flintlock and percussion cap pistols, including double barreled guns and "knee pistols", are seen on the wall and on the table. Flintlock "Knee Pistol" A so-called "Knee Pistol" with typical short buttstock is seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flintlock Knee Pistol, 17th century, Tunisia - 45mm (1.77 inch). Unlike this prop, screen pistols doesn't have Blunderbuss-style flared muzzle but otherwise are similar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A "knee pistol" is seen among more common pistols. Rifles Revolving Rifle In one scene Pyotr Yakovlev shows his marksmanship, using a percussion cap revolving rifle of unknown model. According to the interview with movie armorer, this gun is a genuine 19th century weapon, purchased by the movie makers in very poor condition and carefully restored.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The rifle on table. The cylinder has slots for percussion caps. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev takes the rifle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yakovlev uses the rifle to hammer a nail with gunshots. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The same revolving rifle is seen in the gun store. Muskets Infantry Musket M1844 A convoy soldier (Sergey Trebesov) holds a percussion cap musket in the flashback scene, depicting the gauntlet corporal punishment on Kolychev. A similar gun is seen in the flashback scene, set on Aleutian islands. This gun looks similar to a Infantry Musket M1845 but it turns out to be a flintlock gun, converted to percussion cap, so it can be identified as an M1844 musket, a conversion of M1838 flintlock musket.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Russian percussion cap musket M1845 (1851 year produced, Tula) - .70. M1844 musket looks nearly the same. Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Aleutian warrior picks up the musket of a slain Russian soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolychev is chained to the musket of convoy soldier. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the percussion cap lock. Note the traces of the former flintlock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing A production still shows soldiers carrying similar muskets. Percussion Cap Musket Several percussion cap muskets of unclear models are seen in Yakovlev's house and in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Russian percussion cap infantry musket M1845 - .70 Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Russian percussion cap cavalry carbine M1849 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several long guns with percussion cap guns (as far as can be seen) lean against the distant wall. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Three military-style percussion cap muskets are seen on the table together with the revolving rifle. The one on top looks similar to a Russian M1845 musket but differs in details. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous long guns are seen at the background in the gun store. Some of them are military-style but exact models cannot be identified. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Most guns at the background right have military features. Flintlock Musket At least one flintlock long gun (musket or shotgun) is seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The flintlock musket is seen on the table at the right. Custom Flintlock Long Gun In the flashback scene, set on the Aleutian islands, an escaped convict (Pyotr Skvortsov ) holds a self-made long gun with a flintlock. Kolychev (Pyotr Fyodorov ) manages to get the gun. The screen gun distantly resembles Central Asian Karamultuk ("black gun") muskets and has a very primitive version of the flintlock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The escaped convict with a musket. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He loads the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He aims at Kolychev. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing A close view of the flintlock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kolychev holds the gun, taken from the dead convict. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires at another convict (the actor turns his face away from the target due to the intense flash and sparks from the flintlock). Shotguns Percussion Shotgun A number of Percussion Shotguns , mostly single barreled, are seen in the gun store.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing 1860 Russian-made Single Barreled Percussion Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Double Barreled Percussion Shotgun Error creating thumbnail: File missing Percussion long guns stand on both sides. Most have hunting-style stocks. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of the two rows of percussion cap long guns. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Several guns in the gun rack at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Numerous long guns in the background. Some of them are military-style. Error creating thumbnail: File missing One more view of the long guns in racks. Trivia LeMat Revolver Promotional images show Count Beklemishev (Vladimir Mashkov ) and Baron Staroeh (Martin Wuttke ) holding LeMat Revolvers , despite this weapon not appearing in the movie. It appears that Denix non-firing replicas were used for these images.
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