Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba

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Country	Russia Ukraine Poland
Directed by	Vladimir Bortko
Release Date	2009
Language	Russian Ukrainian Polish Yiddish
Studio	Central Partnership Telekanal Rossiya
Distributor	Central Partnership

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Taras Bulba	Bogdan Stupka
Andriy Bulba	Igor Petrenko
Ostap Bulba	Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Cossack Moisei Shilo	Mikhail Boyarskiy
Krasnevsky	Daniel Olbrychski

Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba (Original title is Тарас Бульба; Taras Bulba) is a 2009 cooperate Russian/ Ukrainian/ Polish epic war drama, loosely based on the novel of the Nikolai Gogol Taras Bulba. This film was directed by Vladimir Bortko (Heart of a Dog (Sobachye serdtse)) and co-starred Bogdan Stupka, Vladimir Vdovichenkov and Igor Petrenko.

The following weapons were used in the film Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba:

Wheellock Pistol

The main hero, Taras Bulba (Bogdan Stupka) carries Wheellock Pistol on his belt throughout the movie. His sons Ostap Bulba (Vladimir Vdovichenkov) and Andriy Bulba (Igor Petrenko) also fires Wheellock Pistol at the a few moments. Cossacks Kirdaga (Yury Belyayev), Moisei Shilo (Mikhail Boyarskiy) and Dmytro Tovkach (Les Serdyuk) also uses this weapon.

Wheellock pistol

Cossack carries the Wheellock Pistols on his belt.

Ostap Bulba grabbes the pistol.

Taras Bulba with the pistol on his belt.

Andriy Bulba fires his pistol.

Wheellock Musket

Taras Bulba (Bogdan Stupka) uses the Wheellock Musket to kill his renegade son Andriy.

Wheellock Musket (16th/17th centuries)

Taras Bulba takes aim with his musket.

Close view of the muzzle.

Matchlock Musket

Polish soldiers, as well as Ukrainian cossacks uses the Matchlock Muskets during the battles. One Polish soldiers briefly hold the very large musket, named the fortress gun (in russian this gun named krepostnoe ruzhyo, but I don't know English term).