Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský

Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský DVD Cover Country Czechoslovakia Language Czech Channel Ceskoslovenská Televize Creator Hynek Bocan Genre Adventure Broadcast 1986 No. of Seasons 1 No. of Episodes 6 Main Cast Character Actor Václav Babinský Radoslav Brzobohatý Josef Slavík Rudolf Jelínek Liduška Zora Jandová Commander of the Prison Josef Somr Charity Jana Hlavácová

Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský (Czech: Slavné historky zbojnické: Václav Babinský) is the first episode of a six-part Czechoslovak television series about famous brigands of the 19th century. The series was directed by ​​Hynek Bocan and aired in 1986.

The following weapons were used in the television series Famous Brigands Stories: Václav Babinský:

Handguns

Augustin Model 1851

Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý) and another brigand use anachronistic Augustin Model 1851 pistols.

Kavalleriepistole M1851 - 17.1 mm

Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý) fires his pistol to unlock the door.

Pistol in the center.

Flintlock Pistol

A Flintlock Pistol is the second handgun of Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý). Several other brigands also uses Flintlock Pistols.

British Heavy Dragoon Pistol - .62 caliber

Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý) kills a soldier.

Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý) takes cover.

A brigand holds the pistol.

The brigand's leader Parduba (Milos Vávra) holds the pistol in the center.

Percussion Cap Pistol

Wolf (Jan Schánilec) briefly holds a Percussion Cap Pistol. Several brigands also use it.

Italian (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) percussion cap pistol, converted from flintlock, circa mid-19th century - .69 caliber

Wolf (far right) draws his pistol.

Typical shape of the hammer is seen.

Rast-Gasser 1898

Josef Slavík (Rudolf Jelínek) uses an anachronistic Rast-Gasser 1898 in one scene.

Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8x27mm Gasser

Rifles

Wänzel Rifle

Several characters, including Josef Slavík (Rudolf Jelínek) and Václav Babinský (Radoslav Brzobohatý), use anachronistic Wänzel Rifles.

Wänzl rifle - 14×33mmR

Slavik (Rudolf Jelínek) with the rifle on his shoulder.

Wolf (Jan Schánilec) with the rifle is captured by Václav.

Wolf (Jan Schánilec) drops his rifle.

Prison guards with the rifles.

Werndl M1873/77

An anachronistic Werndl M1873/77 with the barrel cut back to the stock can be seen in the hands of one soldier.

Werndl M1873/77 Rifle - 11.15x58mmR

Werndl Carbine

The anachronistic Werndl carbine is seen in the hands of Hussars.

Werndl carbine.