The three musketeers (1961)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The three musketeers |
| Original title | Les Trois Mousquetaires |
| Country of production | France , Italy |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1961 |
| length | 186 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bernard Borderie |
| script |
Bernard Borderie , Jean-Bernard Luc |
| production | Films Borderie, Fono Roma |
| music | Paul Misraki |
| camera | Armand Thirard |
| cut | Christian Gaudin |
| occupation | |
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The Three Musketeers (original title: Les Trois Mousquetaires ) is a French-Italian film by the director, screenwriter and producer Bernard Borderie , who brought his adaptation of the classic adventure novel by his compatriot Alexandre Dumas the Elder to the screen in 1961 . He wrote the screenplay for the film, which premiered in France on October 4, 1961, with Jean-Bernard Luc, closely following the plot of the novel. The film consists of two parts. They were published in Germany under the titles Warden of the Queen and Without Fear and Blame .
action
The young D'Artagnan is said to be the king's musketeer . His father gives him a horse for the trip to Paris and the advice not to miss a duel on the way. When he noticed on the way that he was being mocked by a nobleman named Rochefort for his horse, he asked him to a duel without hesitation. He can show his fencing skills and dominates the fight, but he has unwittingly messed with Cardinal Richelieu's spies . Milady de Winter, also in the Cardinal's service, ends the fight by paying a group of men to take d'Artagnan off guard from behind during the duel. The hero is beaten down and robbed. Planchet saves his life by making the attackers believe that d'Artagnan is already dead. He brings him to safety and finally to Paris. There he provided d'Artagnan with new start-up capital by selling his horse. Then, as planned, d'Artagnan introduces himself to the Captain of the Musketeers, where he meets the eponymous three musketeers, with whom he ultimately experiences various adventures.
Outdoor shots
The Bois de Boulogne , a castle in the Seine-et-Marne department and the small town of Semur-en-Auxois were used for the impressive outdoor shots of the film . Elaborate, detailed backdrops and costumes can also be seen. The director and his film crew already demonstrated their ability to produce colorful historical material, which later came to bear in his five-part film series about the heroine Angélique .
Action scenes
Gerard Barray, who in the same year had already made a coat-and-sword film with “Fracass, the cheeky cavalier”, can be seen here in long shots during fencing scenes. He often fights against a majority. If he defends himself successfully against several opponents, the director makes this seem plausible by the fact that the attackers act clumsily in their excessive zeal and sometimes even trip, slip or accidentally hinder each other. Thus, the film proves to be superior to numerous later action films, in whose all too obviously choreographed beatings the attackers often wait with their attacks until it is their turn. Gerard Barray as d'Artagnan uses everything that the respective environment has to offer in terms of potential surprises, just as you could later see in Jackie Chan's films. In a fist fight fought by d'Artagnan, in which he defends Madame Bonacieux against kidnappers, Borderie makes the hero's blows appear more explosive by removing a few frames and emphasizing the hit effect with sound effects. Bernard Borderie shows here the experience he gained in the action scenes of his successful film series with Eddie Constantine as Lemmy Caution .
Background information
Gerard Barray played after d'Artagnan other leading roles in historical adventure films, where he also acted as Robert Surcouf .
Mylène Demongeot was later the female lead in the three Fantômas films by André Hunebelle (the director of the film adaptation of The Three Musketeers of 1953) and played a completely different role as the emotional and spirited friend of the journalist “Fandor” ( Jean Marais ) .
Jean Carmet , who saves life here as “Planchet” d'Artagnan's life and also proves to be very clever, later played the hero's best friend in The Big Blonde with the Black Shoe . The film won a Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1973 and, because of its great success, had a sequel in which Carmet played the same role. In addition, Carmet won a César three times .
Guy Delorme played the villain two years later in another Bernard Borderie film: Blue Beans for Dessert .
Georges Descrières , who plays a very elegant “Athos” here, later played the classic French hero Arsène Lupine in a German-French television series .
Web links
- Part 1: warhorse of the Queen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Part 2: Without fear and without reproach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Les Trois Mousquetaires (2 époques) (Bernard Borderie, 1961): on ne présente plus l'œuvre d'Alexandre Dumas, ici adaptée en deux films . Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ^ A fine supporting cast, historically accurate costumes and beautiful scenery . Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ↑ 1966 - SURCOUF, LE TIGRE DES SEPT MERS (Surcouf, l'eroe dei sette mari), de Sergio Bergonzelli . Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
- ^ Berlinale 1973: Prize Winners . In: berlinale.de . Retrieved June 29, 2010.
