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The Visit (Vizit damy)

DVD Cover

Country	USSR
Directed by	Mikhail Kozakov
Release Date	1989
Language	Russian
Studio	Mosfilm

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Clara Tsekhanasyan	Yekaterina Vasilyeva
Alfred Ill	Valentin Gaft
The mayor	Igor Kashintsev
The priest	Valentin Nikulin
The schoolmaster	Grigoriy Lyampe
The police officer	Viktor Bortsov
The doctor	Valentin Smirnitskiy

The Visit (Vizit damy, literally "The Visit of the Lady") is a 1989 Soviet made for TV adaptation of well-known tragicomic play "The Visit" ("Der Besuch der alten Dame") by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The movie is directed by Mikhail Kozakov and starring Yekaterina Vasilyeva as Clara Tsekhanasyan, an aged billionaire woman who returns to her former hometown and offers to the townspeople a great wealth if they would bring to trial Alfred Ill (Valentin Gaft) who was Clara's lover in the days of their youth but then deceived her.

The following weapons were used in the film The Visit (Vizit damy):

Pistols

Luger P08

The town police Wachtmeister (NCO rank) (Viktor Bortsov) carries a Luger P08. In one scene he offers it to Alfred Ill (Valentin Gaft) in order to convince him to commit suicide. A pistol that appears to be a P08 is also seen in hands of a townsperson in the scene of the night hunt for an escaped Clara's pet leopard.

Luger P08 - 9x19mm

A man at the background holds a pistol that appears to be Luger.

The Wachtmeister carries a Luger in holster for Russian Nagant M1895.

The Wachtmeister draws his Luger...

...and puts in on the table.

Walther PPK

Clara's bodyguards Roby (Vasiliy Dolbitikov) and Toby (Yuriy Rogunov) carry pistols in holsters. Only grips can be seen, but the shape and size allows to guess that the pistols are Walther PPK.

Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz (.380 ACP). Note the ring just behind the magazine.

Roby plays a harmonica. The grip of his pistol is seen.

Toby plays a banjo. The grip of his pistol is seen.

Unidentified pistols

Two more townsmen carry pistols during the night hunt for an escaped Clara's pet leopard. These guns bear resemblance with M1911s but it's hard to say for sure.

Two men with Colt-style pistols.

Shotguns

Over and Under Shotgun

The hunter (Aleksandr Pyatkov) is seen with an Over and Under Shotgun in the abovementioned scene of the night hunt.

TOZ-34 - 12 gauge

The hunter shoots from the railroad wagon.

He appears from the wagon with shotgun in hand.

The hunter holds a shotgun when he kneels over the slain beast.

Another view of the same scene.

Sawed Off Double Barreled Shotgun

During the night hunt a townsperson carries a sawed off double barreled shotgun.

A Stevens 1960s SBS with the barrels sawed-off - 12 Gauge (Photoshopped). Made from one of MPM's pictures.

A man appears from a train with a sawed off shotgun in hand.

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 |actor4=Valentin Nikulin
 |character5=The schoolmaster
-|actor5=Grigoriy Lyampe
+|actor5=[[Grigoriy Lyampe]]
 |character6=The police officer
 |actor6=[[Viktor Bortsov]]
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+= Pistols =
 == Luger P08 ==
-The town police officer ([[Viktor Bortsov]]) carries a [[Luger P08]]. In one scene he offers it to Alfred Ill ([[Valentin Gaft]]) in order to convince him to commit suicide. A pistol that appears to be a P08 is also seen in hands of a townsperson in the scene of the night hunt for an escaped Clara's pet leopard.
+The town police ''Wachtmeister'' (NCO rank) ([[Viktor Bortsov]]) carries a [[Luger P08]]. In one scene he offers it to Alfred Ill ([[Valentin Gaft]]) in order to convince him to commit suicide. A pistol that appears to be a P08 is also seen in hands of a townsperson in the scene of the night hunt for an escaped Clara's pet leopard.
 [[Image:LugerP08Pistol.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]]
 [[File:Vizit damy-07.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A man at the background holds a pistol that appears to be Luger.]]
-[[File:Vizit damy-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The police officer draws his Luger...]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add01.jpg|thumb|none|501px|The ''Wachtmeister'' carries a Luger in holster for Russian [[Nagant M1895]].]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-08.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The ''Wachtmeister'' draws his Luger...]]
 [[File:Vizit damy-09.jpg|thumb|none|500px|...and puts in on the table.]]
+== Walther PPK ==
+Clara's bodyguards Roby (Vasiliy Dolbitikov) and Toby (Yuriy Rogunov) carry pistols in holsters. Only grips can be seen, but the shape and size allows to guess that the pistols are [[Walther PPK]].
+[[Image:WaltherPPK.jpg‎|thumb|300px|none|Walther PPK - 9mm Kurz (.380 ACP). Note the ring just behind the magazine.]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Roby plays a harmonica. The grip of his pistol is seen.]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Toby plays a banjo. The grip of his pistol is seen.]]
 == Unidentified pistols ==
-Clara's bodyguards carry pistols in holsters. Only grips can be seen.
+Two more townsmen carry pistols during the night hunt for an escaped Clara's pet leopard. These guns bear resemblance with [[M1911]]s but it's hard to say for sure.
-[[File:Vizit damy-02.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The first bodyguard plays a harmonica. The shape of the grip of his pistol resembles [[Walther PP]] or [[Walther PPK]].]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|]]
-[[File:Vizit damy-03.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The second bodyguard plays a banjo. His pistol can be a [[M1911A1]].]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add04.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Two men with Colt-style pistols.]]
-== Double Barreled Shotgun ==
+= Shotguns =
-The hunter ([[Aleksandr Pyatkov]]) is seen with a [[double barreled shotgun]] in the abovementioned scene of the night hunt.
+== Over and Under Shotgun ==
+The hunter ([[Aleksandr Pyatkov]]) is seen with an [[Over and Under Shotgun]] in the abovementioned scene of the night hunt.
+[[Image:TOZ-34.jpg|none|400px|thumb|TOZ-34 - 12 gauge]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The hunter shoots from the railroad wagon.]]
+[[File:Vizit damy-Add06.jpg|thumb|none|500px|He appears from the wagon with shotgun in hand.]]
 [[File:Vizit damy-06.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The hunter holds a shotgun when he kneels over the slain beast.]]
 [[File:Vizit damy-07.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Another view of the same scene.]]
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 == Sawed Off Double Barreled Shotgun ==
 During the night hunt a townsperson carries a [[12_Gauge_Double_Barreled_Shotgun#Short_barreled_Side_by_Side_Shotgun_.28Sawed_Off.29|sawed off double barreled shotgun]].
+[[File:Sawed-off Stevens 1960s SBS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|A Stevens 1960s SBS with the barrels sawed-off - 12 Gauge (Photoshopped). Made from one of MPM's pictures.]]
 [[File:Vizit damy-05.jpg|thumb|none|500px|A man appears from a train with a sawed off shotgun in hand.]]
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 [[Category:Drama]]
 [[Category:Soviet Produced]]

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