The Revenge (Mest)

The Revenge (Mest) Original Poster Country USSR Directed by Irina Poplavskaya Release Date 1960 Language Russian Studio Mosfilm Main Cast Character Actor Lev Turmanov Mikhail Yanshin Polina Turmanova Lyudmila Kasatkina Fyodor Degtyaryov Georgi Vitsin Dulinov Stanislav Chekan

The Revenge (literal translation of the original title Mest) is a Soviet 1960 comedy movie directed by Irina Poplavskaya and based on the story by Anton Chekhov. Lev Turmanov (Mikhail Yanshin) finds out that his wife Polina (Lyudmila Kasatkina) is in love affair with Turmanov's best friend Fyodor Degtyaryov (Georgi Vitsin). Turmanov plans a cunning trap for Degtyaryov, thinking that in result the latter would be arrested for blackmailing and would commit suicid, being dishonored. But the trap goes wrong.

The following weapons were used in the film The Revenge (Mest):

Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model

When Turmanov plans the trap for Degtyaryov, he has a vision of Degtyaryov's arrest. Two Gorodovoy (policemen in Russian Empire) (Nikifor Kolofidin and Yuri Leonidov) are armed with Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model revolvers.

Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model - .44 Russian

Two Gorodovoy aim their revolvers at Degtyaryov

The same scene on a B&W publicity still.

Another view of the scene.

Dishonored Degtyaryov takes a revolver from a Gorodovoy.