The Possessed (Les Possédés)

The Possessed (Les Possédés) Original poster Country France Directed by Andrzej Wajda Release Date 1988 Language French Studio Gaumont Distributor Gaumont Main Cast Character Actor Nikolay Stavrogin Lambert Wilson Pyotr Verkhovensky Jean-Philippe Écoffey Ivan Sjatov Jerzy Radziwilowicz Marya Lebyadkina Jutta Lampe Stepan Verkhovensky Omar Sharif Liza Drozdova Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu Lebyadkin Wladimir Yordanoff Maria Sjatova Isabelle Huppert

The Possessed (original title Les Possédés) is a French 1988 screen adaptation of the famous novel Besy by Fyodor Dostoevsky, directed by Andrzej Wajda.

The following weapons were used in the film The Possessed (Les Possédés):

Handguns

Nagant 1877 Gendarmerie

Ivan Sjatov (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) owns a Nagant 1877 Gendarmerie double barreled pistol. Sjatov incorrectly calls it a revolver (like it was in the original novel).

Nagant 1877 Gendarmerie double barreled pistol - .380 Belgian

Sjatov aims his gun at Stavrogin.

A view of the pistol from the rear.

A closer view.

The pistol on the floor.

Elgin Cutlass Pistol

Pyotr Verkhovensky (Jean-Philippe Écoffey) uses an Elgin Cutlass Pistol or some other similar looking gun to commit the murder.

Elgin Cutlass Percussion Cap Pistol - .54 cal

Verkhovensky holds a Cutlass Pistol.

A close view of the gun.

Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model

Aleksey Kirillov (Laurent Malet) owns a Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model revolver.

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

Kirillov draws his revolver.

He holds the gun.

Another view of the revolver.

Unidentified revolver

When Pyotr Verkhovensky (Jean-Philippe Écoffey) visits Kirillov in the end of the movie, he is armed with a revolver instead of previously used Cutlass Pistol.

Verkhovensky aims his revolver at Kirillov.

Long Guns

Percussion cap muskets

In the scene of workers' riot mounted Cossacks carry percussion cap muskets.

The barrel.

The barrel with ramrod is seen at the background.

The percussion cap lock is seen.

Unidentified long guns

In one scene a pair of soldiers on the railroad station carry nondescript long guns with spike bayoners.

Soldiers at the left carry long guns.

See Also

Other screen adaptations of the original novel:

• Demons (Besy) (1992), 1992 Russian movie directed by Dmitri Talankin and Igor Talankin.
• Demons (Besy) (2006), 2006 Russian mini series directed by Valeri Akhadov, Gennady Karyuk and Felix Schultess.
• Demons (Besy) (2014 Film), 2014 Russian film directed by Roman Shalyapin.
• Demons (Besy) (2014 TV Series), 2014 Russian mini series directed by Vladimir Khotinenko.