With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem)

With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem) DVD Cover Country Poland Directed by Jerzy Hoffman Release Date 1999 Language Polish Tatar Ukrainian Turkish Studio Agencja Produkcji Filmowej Distributor Syrena EG Main Cast Character Actor Helena Kurcewiczówna Izabella Scorupco Jan Skrzetuski Michal Zebrowski Bohun Aleksandr Domogarov Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski Zbigniew Zamachowski Jeremi Wiśniowecki Andrzej Seweryn Jan Onufry Zagłoba Krzysztof Kowalewski Bohdan Zenobi Chmielnicki Bogdan Stupka

With Fire and Sword (original title is Ogniem i mieczem) is the 1999 war epic four-part made-for-TV movie, directed by Jerzy Hoffman and based on the novel of famous Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz. This film is the thirds of the trilogy, which also include Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969) and The Deluge (Potop) (1974).

The following weapons were used in the film With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i mieczem):

Pisotls

Wheellock Pistol

Many various characters uses the Wheellock Pistols. This pistols was used by Jan Skrzetuski (Michal Zebrowski) and othe Polish soldiers (include Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski (Zbigniew Zamachowski), Longinus Podbipięta (Wiktor Zborowski), Jan Onufry Zagłoba (Krzysztof Kowalewski), Rzędzian (Wojciech Malajkat), Bohun (Aleksandr Domogarov). Helena Kurcewiczówna (Izabella Scorupco) also fires this pistol at the one sciene. Cossacks (include Barabasz (Dariusz Gnatowski) also can be seen armed with Wheellock Pistols

Wheellock pistol

A Polish soldier fires his pistol at tatars.

A cossack Barabasz (Dariusz Gnatowski) carries his pistol on his belt.

Cossacks fires their pistols.

Helena Kurcewiczówna (Izabella Scorupco) fires her pistol.

Jerzy Michał Wołodyjowski (Zbigniew Zamachowski) draws his pistol.

Longinus Podbipieta (Wiktor Zborowski) holds his pistols akimbo.

Pistol in the hands of Bohun (Aleksandr Domogarov).

Flintlock Pistol

Bohun (Aleksandr Domogarov) fires Flintlock Pistol at the one moment.

British Heavy Dragoon Pistol - .62 caliber

Muskets

Wheellock Musket

Several ukrainian cossacks can be seen armed with the Wheellock Musket.

Wheellock Arquebus (17th Century)

Matchlock Musket

Polish soldiers, as well as Ukrainian cossacks uses the Matchlock Muskets many times.

A Matchlock musket.

Cossacks carries their muskets.

Cossacks fires their muskets.

Polish soldier holds his musket.

Polish soldiers takes aim with their muskets...

...and fires it.

Jezail musket

Czeremis (Andrzej Pieczynski) owns the Jezail musket.

Ottoman musket

Czeremis (at the left) holds his musket.

Czeremis fires his musket at air.

Rifles

Mosin Nagant Rifle

Heavy anachronistic Mosin Nagant Rifles is the weapons of polish soldiers at 0:58 of third part of the film. Maybe, Polish filmmakers didn't have so much antique firearms.

Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54mm R

Shape of the bolt is a good seen.

Mosin-Nagant magazine can be seen here.

Heavy Weapons

Cannon

Smoothbore muzzleload cannons is the very common usebly heavy firearm, that was used by cossacks and Polish soldiers.

Naval cannon - 18th century

Close view of the muzzle.

Polish soldiers fires their cannons.

Swivel cannon

Cossacks uses a Swivel cannon.

Swivel gun - 18th century