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 Eleonora Pokrovska-Urakcheyeva 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 (also known as Konotopska Vidma, "The Witch of Konotop", in order to distinguish the movie from many other films of the same name) is a 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 up as percussion cap pistols)

Sotnik Zabryokha (Bohdan Benyuk) and nearly all Cossacks carry Sawn-Off IZh-18s mocked-up as percussion cap pistols on their belts. The ID can be provided by the crude grip and distinctive spur on the trigger guard.

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

Izhmekh IZh-17 single barreled Sawed Off shotgun - 16 gauge. The IZh-18 is the same, aside from not having an exposed hammer.

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 distinctive spur on the trigger guard is seen.

Cossacks with the IZh-18s on their belts.

Percussion Shotgun

Several Cossacks can be seen armed with a Percussion Shotgun. Due to the very large caliber, they may be genuine percussion cap hunting guns known in old Russia as "shompolka" (a slang term from the Russian word shompol, which means ramrod). Such guns were produced in the late 19th to early 20th centuries and used until the mid 20th century, especially in Siberia.

1860 made Percussion Shotgun.

Cossacks with the shotguns on their shoulders.

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

Good view of another percussion shotgun.

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