The three musketeers (1948)
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| German title | The three musketeers |
| Original title | The Three Musketeers |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1948 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | George Sidney |
| script | Robert Ardrey |
| production |
Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| music | Herbert Stothart |
| camera | Robert H. Planck |
| cut | George Boemler |
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The Three Musketeers (Original: The Three Musketeers ) is a film adaptation of the famous novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas with Gene Kelly and Lana Turner from 1948.
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The young D'Artagnan leaves his native village in Gascony to become a musketeer in Paris in the service of his majesty, King Louis XIII. In his pocket he has the letter of recommendation from his father, a former musketeer and friend of the current captain of the musketeers, Treville. His father taught him the art of fencing in a masterly manner and gave him the good advice to never allow himself to be compromised with impunity. He is only too happy to follow this advice. Very soon, before he even reached Paris, D'Artagnan got into an argument with Rochefort, Cardinal Richelieu's confidante, and his companion, the mysterious Lady de Winter. On this first opportunity to keep his honor in battle, he is unceremoniously knocked down and robbed from behind by Rochefort's henchmen, and his letter of recommendation is also taken from him. Once in Paris, he not only met his new friends and comrades-in-arms Athos, Porthos and Aramis, but also the niece of his landlord, Constance Bonacieux, and fell in love. Many adventures and entanglements still lie ahead and on the path of the brave hero D'Artagnan. Driven by his desire to become the king's musketeer and prove himself in battle, he finds himself in the orbit of both the queen and the cardinal, experiences numerous dangerous situations and sometimes needs his new friends to get away at all. Nevertheless, he sets out to travel to England for the Queen's honor, to bring back a gift box from the Queen's secret lover, Lord Buckingham, and to prevent Richelieu's intrigue. To his support he is accompanied by Athos, Porthos and Aramis as well as by his dumb but faithful servant Planchet.
Shortly after D'Artagnan's return from England, Constance is kidnapped at the behest of Cardinal Richelieu. D'Artagnan approaches Milady de Winter, discovers a delicate secret and barely manages to save himself. Constance is freed and brought to safety in England, shortly afterwards war breaks out, and our four friends are drawn into it. They secretly overhear a conspiratorial meeting between the cardinal and Lady de Winter in an inn. This is supposed to travel to England and kill Buckingham. Planchet also travels to England at D'Artagnan's behest to warn Buckingham. Lady de Winter is convicted and is to be executed. Constance is appointed her guardian. After a long psychological duel, Milady de Winter succeeds in eliminating Constance, a guard and Buckingham and then escaping. Athos and D'Artagnan, who wanted to help Constance, are late; after Constance dies in D'Artagnan's arms, their only option is to flee.
Back in Paris, the four friends find Lady de Winter, pronounce the death sentence on her and have the prisoner executed. During the subsequent escape to Spain, they are overwhelmed and arrested. Her fate seems sealed, but the young D'Artagnan has another trump card: the Countess's passport, personally sealed and signed by Cardinal Richelieu, stating that whatever the holder of this letter undertakes would be for the good of the state. The king must not find out the background to this letter - so Richelieu has to give in. Aramis receives permission to take up a ministry. Porthos is allowed to marry rich, Athos gets his property back and D'Artagnan is supposed to negotiate an offer of peace with the war opponent England on behalf of France.
Reviews
“This Hollywood film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas the Elder. around the four heroes is probably the most successful. A film in which almost everything is right: cast, staging, action and color design. "
"Successful film adaptation of the historical adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas: with high-spirited vitality, rapid pace, fantasy and brilliant fencing scenes."
Awards
- An Oscar nomination for Robert Planck for Best Camera / Color
literature
- Alexandre Dumas : The Three Musketeers. Roman (original title: Les trois mousquetaires ). German by August Zoller , revised by Michaela Meßner. With an afterword by Joachim Schultz. New edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag (dtv), Munich 2009, 747 pages, ISBN 978-3-423-13766-9
Web links
- The Three Musketeers in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The three musketeers. In: Prism Online. Retrieved April 2, 2017 .
- ↑ The three musketeers. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 2, 2017 .