The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit)

The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) Film poster Country Russia Bulgaria Directed by Dzhanik Fayziev Release Date 2005 Language Russian Turkish French Bulgarian English Romanian Studio Studio Trite Main Cast Character Actor Erast Petrovich Fandorin Egor Beroev Varvara Suvorova Olga Krasko Lukan Viktor Verzhbitskiy Gen. Sobolev Aleksandr Baluev Kazanzaki Aleksey Guskov

The Turkish Gambit (Russian: Турецкий гамбит; Turetskiy gambit) is a 2005 Russian/ Bulgarian war triller/detective, based on the novel of the same name by Boris Akunin. Famous Russian detective Erast Petrovich Fandorin tries to expose an enemy spy during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878. The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit) is the second film about the adventures of Erast Fandorin. It was preceded by Azazel (2002) and followed The State Counsellor (2005). In all three movies Fandorin is played by different actors.

PS1: Nearly all firearms in this film are heavily anachronistic.

PS2: This article contains major spoilers, so, if you still haven't watched this movie, DON'T READ IT!!!

WARNING! WARNING! THIS PAGE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS!!!

The following weapons were used in the film The Turkish Gambit (Turetskiy gambit):

Revolvers

Webley .455 Mk VI

Anwar-Efendi/Captain Perepyolkin (Aleksandr Lykov) uses a Webley .455 Mk VI throghout the movie. Erast Petrovich Fandorin (Egor Beroev) briefly holds a similar revolver one moment.

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley

Close up of the revolver.

Another close up. Note the faint "MARK VI" on the topstrap.

Erast Petrovich fires his Webley. The shot was blurred due to movement.

ZKR 551

A ZKR 551 revolvers appears in several scenes, evidently standing on the similar Colt SAA. Erast Petrovich Fandorin (Egor Beroev) fires a ZKR 551 revolver during the firefight in the mountains. Zurov (Dmitriy Pevtsov) briefly holds one during the training, and, later, during the preparing for duel, when he hands it to secondants - D'Hevrais (Didier Bienaimé) and McLaughlin (Daniel Olbrychski). Anwar-Efendi/Captain Perepyolkin (Aleksandr Lykov) also uses the ZKR 551 throughout the movie.

CZ ZKR 551 sporting revolver

Erast Fandorin fires his revolver.

Zurov fires his revolver.

Perepyolkin holds his ZKR 551.

Perepyolkin fires.

Perepyolkin takes Varvara Suvorova hostage.

Perepyolkin fires his revolver.

Gasser M1880 Montenegrin

D'Hevrais (Didier Bienaimé) owns a Gasser M1880 Montenegrin revolver. Varvara Suvorova (Olga Krasko) tries to shoot it once.

Gasser Montenegrin M1880 - 11.75 x 36mm Gasser

Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model

Lukan (Viktor Verzhbitskiy) uses a Smith & Wesson No.3 Russian Model revolver several times. Anwar-Efendi/Captain Perepyolkin (Aleksandr Lykov) also uses a No.3 to injure himself.

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

Lukan puts the unloaded No.3 on the table and grabs a Mle.

Two revolvers in the hads of secondants - D'Hevrais (Didier Bienaimé) and McLaughlin (Daniel Olbrychski), before Zurov (Dmitriy Pevtsov) took them and exchanging them. The No.3 is at the right.

Close view of the cylinder.

Perepyolkin holds his S&W.

Lukan holds another S&W.

Anwar-Efendi shoots himself.

Rast-Gasser M1898

General Sobolev (Aleksandr Baluev) and other Russian officers fires Rast-Gasser M1898 revolvers during the training. Anwar-Efendi/Captain Perepyolkin (Aleksandr Lykov) uses a Rast-Gasser M1898 revolver to kill Zurov (Dmitriy Pevtsov) and Kazanzaki (Aleksey Guskov). Later he places the Gasser in the hand of the dying Kazanzaki.

Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser.

General Sobolev fires his revolver.

Russian officers fires their revolvers.

Kazanzaki's corpse with the revolver.

Mle 1892

Several characters, include D'Hevrais (Didier Bienaimé), Lukan (Viktor Verzhbitskiy) and Mitya Gridnev (Marat Basharov) use the Mle 1892 Revolvers during the training. General Ganetsky (Anatoly Kuznetsov) fires a Mle 1892 Revolver during the night scene.

Modèle d’Ordonnance Mle 1892 Revolver - 8x27mm SR

D'Hevrais (Didier Bienaimé) fires at the target.

Mitya Gridnev (Marat Basharov) fires at the same scene

Lukan puts an unloaded No.3 on the table and grabs a Mle.

General Ganetsky fires his Mle.

Pistols

Flobert gun

Varvara Suvorova (Olga Krasko) owns a Flobert gun (known in Russia as Monte Cristo), but all shots of it was blurred due to movement.

Flobert Monte Cristo 6 mm., 1856

Varvara Suvorova fires.

Flintlock Pistol

Several Bashi Bazouks briefly carries Flintlock Pistols. Several Flintlock pistols can be seen in the Turkish bank at the film climax.

Turkish Flintlock Pistol.

Russian M1854 Naval percussion cap pistol

Two Russian M1854 Naval percussion cap pistols can be seen in the Turkish bank at the film climax.

Russian M1854 Naval percussion cap pistol - .71 caliber

Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894

Ismail-Bei (Gosha Kutsenko) tries to use a Hebel Flare Pistol Model 1894 in the night scene, but Erast Fandorin disarms him. All shots of it were blurred.

Hebel Flare Pistol M1894 - 26.5mm

Ismail-Bei draws the gun.

Erast Fandorin dissarms Ismail-Bei.

The pistol is accidentally discharged.

Rifles

Martini-Henry

Turkish soldiers use Martini-Henry rifles with bayonets many times, but it never seen clear: only in the distance or blurred.

Martini-Henry Mk. I (1871-1876) .577-.450 caliber.

Turkish soldiers fire their rifles.

Close up, but blurred.

Winchester Model 1894

Erast Petrovich Fandorin (Egor Beroev) fires a Winchester Model 1894 rifle at the film beginning.

Winchester 1894 - .30-30.

Erast Petrovich Fandorin reloads his rifle.

Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy"

Erast Petrovich Fandorin (Egor Beroev) captures a Winchester Model 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifle and fires it.

Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" Carbine - .44 RF

Good shot.

Berdan Rifle

Many Russian soldiers uses Berdan Rifles. Erast Petrovich Fandorin (Egor Beroev) briefly holds a few of it. For some reasons, it's the only Russian firearm in this movie.

Russian Berdan No.1 (M1868) Infantry rifle - 10.67x58mm R

Erast Fandorin carries the rifles.

Serbian Mauser M1899 (Mocked up as Remington-Keene)

Anwar-Efendi/Captain Perepyolkin (Aleksandr Lykov) uses during the firefight in the mountains the Serbian Mauser M1899, mocked up as a Remington-Keene Repeating Rifle in carbine configuration. The the front part of the wooden foregrip was removed, and a fake tubular magazine was mounted. The rifle is also equipped with a historically correct brass telescopic scope. The exact model is ID'd by the shape of the bolt shroud, which is the Mauser Model 1893 style, and the unique safety lug on the receiver tang behind the bolt handle of the Model 1895 can be clearly distinguished. The presence of a thumb cut in the receiver wall most likely makes this a Serbian Model 1899.

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Serbian Mauser M1899 - 7x57mm Mauser

Remington-Keene Repeating Rifle in carbine configuration - 45-70 Government, for comparision.

Close Up. Note the rectangular safety lug projecting up from the receiver tang.

Close Up. Again the Model 1895's safety lug is visible.

Jezail musket

Several Bashi Bazouks briefly carries Jezail muskets.

Ottoman musket