A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.
- Nominated for 5 BAFTA Awards
- 4 wins & 7 nominations total
Jean-Pierre Cassel
- King Louis XIII
- (as Jean Pierre Cassel)
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Did you know
- TriviaOliver Reed was severely injured and almost died when he was stabbed in the throat during the windmill duel scene.
- GoofsRichelieu refers to Buckingham as the Prime Minister of England. However, the title was not adopted until the early 1700s, and even then was an unofficial name for the First Lord of the Treasury. It was not until 1937 that it was enshrined in law as the title of the Head of Government. Although Buckingham was undoubtedly one of the most powerful members of the English Court, he had no formal position as such, as there was no equivalent of a Prime Minister: the King himself was regarded as the Head of Government as well as Head of State.
- Quotes
Cardinal Richelieu: Who is the man that accuses you?
Bonacieux: [Rochefort enters and Bonacieux points at him] That! That is the man!
Count Rochefort: Take him away.
Bonacieux: That is *not* the man!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge (1974)
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The best Three Musketeers ever.
This film, and its sequel (filmed concurrently) is by far the best movie version of the Dumas novel ever produced. The cast is excellent. The sets and costumes are marvelous. The swordplay (and there is much) is possible some of the most realistic ever filmed. And it's the only Musketeer movie I am aware of in which the Musketeers actually use muskets. Authenticity seems to have been very important to the producers, as well as staying true to the novel.
Sadly a film like this wouldn't be made these days. First off the fighting would be "punched-up" with a lot of wire work. And of course Hollywood would change the story to eliminate much of the "sleeping around" characters do (today's movie heroes in this type of movie aren't usually sexually active). They would also provide some creative story editing so that a certain character who dies in the novel would survive so as to supply the requisite happy ending. Fortunately for us this version does not suffer that kind of revisionism.
If you're a fan of Dumas or just looking for a fun film with lots of realistic sword fighting then you won't want to miss this.
Sadly a film like this wouldn't be made these days. First off the fighting would be "punched-up" with a lot of wire work. And of course Hollywood would change the story to eliminate much of the "sleeping around" characters do (today's movie heroes in this type of movie aren't usually sexually active). They would also provide some creative story editing so that a certain character who dies in the novel would survive so as to supply the requisite happy ending. Fortunately for us this version does not suffer that kind of revisionism.
If you're a fan of Dumas or just looking for a fun film with lots of realistic sword fighting then you won't want to miss this.
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- mvario
- Nov 3, 2004
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- The Three Musketeers (The Queen's Diamonds)
- Filming locations
- Summer Palace, Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain(The Louvre)
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- $4,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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