The Witch (Vidma)

The Witch (Vidma) DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Galina Shigayeva Release Date 1990 Language Ukrainian Studio Dovzhenko Film Studios Zemlya Main Cast Character Actor Sotnik Zabryokha Bohdan Benyuk Wrighter Pistryak Lev Perfilov Witch Yosyp Olena Galina Kovganich Old Witch Mariya Kapnist Demyan Khalyavsky Georgi Gavrilenko Barkeeper Luba Goy Paska Lyubov Rudneva Vivdya Oksana Grigorovich Levurda Viktor Stepanenko

The Witch (Ukrainian: Відьма; Vidma, Russian: Ведьма; Vedma) is the 1990 Soviet Ukrainian language fantasy-mystery-erotic comedy, based on the novel Konotopska vidma (The Witch of Konotop) by Hryhory Kvitka-Osnovyanenko.

The following weapons were used in the film The Witch (Vidma):

IZh-18 (Sawn-Off, mocked as percussion cap pistols)

Sotnik Zabryokha (Bohdan Benyuk) and near all cossacks carry Sawn-Off IZh-18s mocked as percussion cap pistols on the belts. It's can ID by the crude grip and typical typical spur on the trigger guard.

Russian M1848 Infantry soldier's percussion cap pistol - .71 caliber

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Sawn-off Izhmekh IZh-18. Note the typical spur on the trigger guard.

Sotnik Zabryokha with the IZh-18 on his belt.

Cossacks with the IZh-18s.

Sotnik Zabryokha with the IZh-18. The quality of screenshot is medium, but the typical spur on the trigger guard is seen.

Cossacks with the IZh-18s on the belts.

Percussion Shotgun

Several cossacks can be seen armed with the Percussion Shotguns. Due the very large calibre, it's can be genuine percussion cap hunting guns known in old Russia as "shompolka" (slang term from Russian word shompol, which means ramrod). Such guns were produced in late XIX - early XX century and used until mid-XX century, especially in Siberia.

1860 made Percussion Shotgun.

Cossacks with the shotguns on the shoulders.

Cossacks carry their shotguns. Note the typical hammer of percussion guns on the shotgun at the center.

Good view of another percussion shotgun.

Shotguns barrel with barrel band is seen. Note the very large calibr.