Forbidden Empire

Forbidden Empire Viy DVD Cover Country Russia Ukraine Czech Republic Directed by Oleg Stepchenko Release Date 2014 Language Russian English Studio Ankor-Film Galaxy Vision Marins Group Entertaiment Distributor NBC Universal Russia Main Cast Character Actor Jonathan Green Jason Flemyng Petrus Aleksey Chadov Lord Dudley Charles Dance Paisiy Andrey Smolyakov Sotnik Yuriy Tsurilo Dorosh Igor Jijikine Overko Aleksandr Yakovlev Yavtukh Valeriy Zolotukhin Nastusya Agnia Ditkovskite

Forbidden Empire (Original title is Вий; Viy) is a 2014 cooperate Russian/ Ukrainian/ Czech fantasy thriller, loosely based on the novel of the Nikolai Gogol Viy.

PS. Viy is the evil God of east slavian pre christian mythology.

The following weapons were used in the film Forbidden Empire:

Handguns

Flintlock Pistol

Several characters, include Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng), Sotnik (Yuriy Tsurilo), Dorosh (Igor Jijikine), Overko (Aleksandr Yakovlev) uses varios types of Flintlock Pistols.

British Heavy Dragoon Pistol - .62 caliber

Overko (Aleksandr Yakovlev) with the pistol on his belt.

Sotnik (Yuriy Tsurilo) with the pistol. Only grip can be seen.

Taras (Viktor Bychkov) with the pistol on the belt.

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) grabs the pistol.

Dorosh (Igor Jijikine) aims his pistol.

Sotnik (Yuriy Tsurilo) with the pistol on the belt.

Flintlock Pepperbox

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) owns a three barrel Flintlock Pepperbox (with a three frizzen for each barrel). At the one moment, this gun was taked from him by Gorobets (Anatoliy Gushchin).

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) threatens Gorobets (Anatoliy Gushchin) by his Flintlock Pepperbox.

Another view of the same scene.

Flintlock Pepperbox on the table. Multiple frizzens are good seen.

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) fires.

Wheellock Pistol

Two Wheellock Pistols (different types) can be seen hanged on the wall of Sotnik's home.

Wheellock pistol

Wheellock riding pistol

Pistol at the right.

Two pistol on the wall.

Percussion Cap Pistol

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) fires an anachronistic Percussion Cap Pistol.

Percussion cap pistol

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) aims his pistol. Typical percussian cap hammer is a good seen.

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) fires his pistol in air.

Long Guns

Nock Gun

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) fires an anachronistic Nock Gun at the one point.

Nock Gun - .52 Caliber

Jonathan Green (Jason Flemyng) fires.

Matchlock Musket

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) and Gritsko (Oleg Taktarov) owns a Matchlock Muskets. Yavtukh (Valeriy Zolotukhin) briefly holds one. Another Matchlock Musket can be seen hanged on the wall of Sotnik's home.

European Matchlock musket.

Gritsko (Oleg Taktarov ) with the musket. Matchlock is seen.

Gritsko (Oleg Taktarov ) on the watchtower.

Matchlock Musket is seen on the wall.

Matchlock is a good seen.

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) carry the musket. Matchlock is seen.

Panas (Aleksandr Karpov) gave his musket to Yavtukh (Valeriy Zolotukhin). Matchlock is seen.

Yavtukh (Valeriy Zolotukhin) with the musket.

Flintlock Fowler

Lord Dudley (Charles Dance) fires a Flintlock Fowler at the post pigeon.

British-Style Flintlock Fowler

Lord Dudley (Charles Dance) fires.

Infantry Musket M1845 (mocked up as flintlock)

Ostap (Ruslan Ustinov) carry an anachronistic Infantry Musket M1845 (with a fake flint lock) durng the final credit.

Russian percussion cap musket M1845 - .70

Typical barrel bands...

...and muzzle shape is a good seen.

Other

Cannon

Cannon can be seen in the Ostap's workshop.