A Holy Place (Sveto mesto)

A Holy Place (Sveto mesto) Original Poster Country Yugoslavia Directed by Djordje Kadijevic Release Date 1990 Language Serbo-Croatian Studio Magna Plus Radiotelevizija Beograd Main Cast Character Actor Pop Toma Dragan Jovanovic Katarina Županski Branka Pujic The Major Županski Aleksandar Bercek The Lady Županski Mira Banjac Doroš Danilo Lazovic Spira Rados Bajic Lenka Maja Sabljic Nikita Predrag Miletic Marko Igor Pervic

A Holy Place (Sveto mesto) is a 1990 Yugoslavian mystery horror, loosely based on the novel of the Nikolai Gogol Viy. This is the fifth ecranisation of the Gogol's novel. The first (1909), second (1912) and third (1916) are belives to be lost, the fourth is the well known Viy or Spirit of Evil (which is very close to original text), the sixth is The Power of Fear (Vedma) (2006) and the seveth is the Forbidden Empire (2014) (althought the 2006 and 2014 movie are very loosely based on the original novel).

PS. Viy is the evil God of east slavian pre christian mythology.

The following weapons were used in the film A Holy Place (Sveto mesto):

Remington 1863 Zouave

Doroš (Danilo Lazovic) uses Remington 1863 Zouave at the one scene. It's a very strange gun for the 19th century Eastern Europe, but this gun also appeared in numerous ither Yugoslavian movies, like Old Shatterhand and Old Surehand.

Remington 1863 Zouave Rifle - .58 Minie ball

Doroš aims his rifle the front sight, muzzle and ramrodd position can be seen.

The patch box on the buttstock, hammer and the sling, attached to the trigger guard can be seen.

The rear sight can be seen.

The gun leinght can be seen.