Alatriste

Poster

Country	Spain
Directed by	Agustín Díaz Yanes
Release Date	2006
Language	Spanish Flemish Latin Portuguese Dutch
Studio	Estudios Picasso Origen Producciones Cinematograficas S.A. NBC Universal Global Networks
Distributor	20th Century Fox

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Diego Alatriste	Viggo Mortensen
Angélica de Alquézar	Elena Anaya
Íñigo Balboa	Unax Ugalde
Sebastián Copons	Eduard Fernández
Conde de Guadalmedina	Eduardo Noriega

Alatriste is a 2006 epic Spanish historical drama war film directed by Agustín Díaz Yanes and starring Viggo Mortensen as Captain Diego Alatriste. It is based on the book series The Adventures of Captain Alatriste (Las aventuras del Capitán Alatriste) by Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte.

The film follows mercenary companion Alatriste and his companions as they seek fortune, glory, and action across war-torn Early Modern Europe during the Dutch Revolt and Thirty Years' War.

The following weapons were used in the film Alatriste:

Pistols

Wheellock Pistol

Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) uses a Wheellock Pistol as his sidearm. Sebastián Copons (Eduard Fernández) uses another one. French soldiers fire Wheellock Pistols during the final battle.

Wheellock pistol

Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) lies in wait.

Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) draws his pistol.

Perfect view of the gun in Diego Alatriste's (Viggo Mortensen) hands.

French pistoleers with wheellocks.

Flintlock Pistol

Conde de Guadalmedina (Eduardo Noriega) carries two Flintlock Pistols throughout the movie. Gualterio Malatesta (Enrico Lo Verso) gives his Flintlock Pistol to Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen). Sebastián Copons (Eduard Fernández) puts another Flintlock Pistol on the table. Several Flemish soldiers fire Flintlock Pistols at the film's beginning. Invented in roughly 1610, Flintlocks would be very new during the film's setting of the 1620s.

18th Century Saxon flintlock pistol.

French Model An IX Cavalry Flintlock Pistol - .69 cal

A Flemish soldier aims.

A Flemish soldier with a holstered pistol.

Gualterio Malatesta (Enrico Lo Verso) gives his pistol to Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen).

Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) with the pistol.

Conde de Guadalmedina (Eduardo Noriega) with two pistols.

Sebastián Copons (Eduard Fernández) puts his pistol on the table.

Muskets

Brown Bess Flintlock Musket

King Philip IV of Spain (Simon Cohen) fires a Brown Bess Flintlock Musket while hunting. Conde de Guadalmedina (Eduardo Noriega) holds another one during the same scene.

Modern reproduction of 17th Century English Doglock Musket, predecessor of the Brown Bess musket.

King Philip IV (Simon Cohen) aims.

Conde de Guadalmedina (Eduardo Noriega) with the musket.

Matchlock Musket

Nearly all Spanish, Flemish, and French soldiers use Matchlock Muskets. Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) himself as well as Íñigo Balboa (Unax Ugalde) and Sebastián Copons (Eduard Fernández) also use Matchlock Muskets throughout various battles.

A Matchlock musket.

Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) with the musket.

Íñigo Balboa (Unax Ugalde) (at the left), Diego Alatriste (Viggo Mortensen) (at the right), and numerous other musketeers hold their muskets during the beginning of the 1643 Battle of Rocroi.