The three muscrepes
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| German title | The three muskrepiere / The three mustkrepiere |
| Original title | The Three Must-Get-Theres |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1922 |
| length | 58 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Max Linder |
| script | Max Linder |
| production | Max Linder |
| camera |
Max Dupont Harry Vallejo |
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Die Drei Muskrepiere , also listed as Die Drei Mußkrepiere , is an American silent film parody from 1922 by and with Max Linder in the lead role of a dumb D'Artagnan blend.
action
France, in the 17th century. Max Linder as Dart-In-Again, an idiot albeit lovable edition of D'Artagnan, wants to leave his father's court and go out into the wide world to finally experience adventure. But not only does he have a very bad taste, as you can see from his hat choice; he is also extremely awkward when he tries to climb the family mule. When, in the moment of his absence, a cow joins the mule, Dart-In-Again almost climbs on him in his absent-mindedness. Finally landed on the mule, it lies down at the next opportunity and throws the booby off. Only after being persuaded, the good-natured animal lets Dart-In-Again rise again and trots with him in a precisely choreographed tippy step to the next inn.
Meanwhile, the ugly and bored Queen Anne listens to the musical outpouring of her ladies' band in the castle. The young Mesdemoiselles not only master the harp, but also intone the lively sounds of the 20th century with the saxophone and trombone. Anne's husband, the dodgy King Ludwig XIII, stumbles over it with a suitcase in hand. Next door, the devious Li'l Cardinal Richie-Loo, who is based on Cardinal Richelieu, pats his bald head and, lost in thought, plucks the four remaining hairs of his almost bald subordinate, a monk. A little later, a servant of the Queen secretly leads Lord Duke Poussy Bunkumin, the British lover of the French monarch, to her mistress. Cardinal Richie-Loo, who hears noises next door, notices the fussing of the secret lovers, climbs on stacked chairs and watches how the queen slips something to her lover: valuable diamond clips. The latter then quickly leaves the royal boudoir.
As soon as he arrives at the next inn, Dart-In-Again takes on two men who laugh at him from the bottom of their hearts at his booby farm entrance. He pulls out his sword and engages in a fencing match with the Chevalier, while the other man, a cook, unceremoniously knocks him down from behind with a piece of wood. Two more men join in and put Dart-In-Again the wrong way around on his mule, which is trotting out of the tavern area. In the next town, Dart-In-Again is so fascinated by courtly behavior that he doesn't even notice his mule eating his hat off. Meanwhile, the young man gets to know a pretty, young lady who immediately fell for him. He wants to elegantly wave his headgear in front of her, since he only has a feather in his hand and made a mockery of himself in front of the person he loves. His animal companion has almost completely eaten his hat! Dart-In-Again challenges his patient pack animal. It comes to a fencing match: he takes his sword against the emerging hind legs of his mule. After Dart-In-Again sees his honor restored, he buys a matching headgear at a market stall that is worthy of a future musketeer.
Immediately afterwards, Dart-In-Again succeeds for the first time in proving itself as a gentleman and savior of a young woman in need. It's about the lovely Constance Bonne-aux-Fieux, whom he has to protect from a drunken rascal at the front door of a guesthouse. In this hostel, Dart-In-Again met his later cronies, the musketeers Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise. Promptly there is a little duel between the three of them against the presumptuous farm boy in front of the house, and the tide turns. Because the guards of the villainous Cardinal Richie-Loo have just arrived. Now the four fight side by side, and it is precisely the inexperienced dart-in-again who kills the cardinal's men almost single-handedly. He captures the rest of the cardinal's men with a lasso, ties it to his mule and chases it away. The three musketeers take Dart-In-Again into their ranks in the face of these heroics. This victory is celebrated in the tavern, when Roquefort, the leader of the cardinal's men, appears. Now Dart-In-Again can prove in a man-to-man duel what he is capable of with his sword. During the degenduell, he still finds time to flirt violently with Constance.
In the meantime, thanks to the intelligence agency Cardinal Richie-Loos, the king has learned of his wife's secret affair with Lord Duke Poussy Bunkumin. He wants to know from his wife where the diamond clips are. Queen Anne is desperate and gives Constance a letter to be forwarded to one of the musketeers so that the letter can be handed over to Poussy Bunkumin as soon as possible. For his beloved Constance, Dart-In-Again is ready for this devil ride. With the house telephone calls he unceremoniously to his three lying in bed buddy Community Walrus, Octopus and Porpoise, the jump then, by sliding pole fall on their horses and ride him. Cardinal Richie-Loo's attempt to knock out Dart-In-Again at an audience with one of his men in order to prevent him from doing his job fails; the cardinal stick vibrator hits its own master and master with every knockdown attempt. The four musketeers set off and want to rush to the queen's lover at full gallop. After three ambushes, three musketeers became a must, as one was shot from a horse at each ambush. Only Dart-In-Again is the last one left. When the cardinal's men block a road with a truck, he too is shot from his horse. But Dart-In-Again just pretended to be hit. He jumps up, takes out his opponents and finally comes to the coast. His horse is put up a sail and both go into the water to cross.
The three musketeers were shot, but survived and go to an audience with the king. On the way back to Paris, the Cardinal's lackeys try to prevent Dart-In-Again's arrival at court. During a short rest, one of the men injects dart-in agains into the horse's rear with a large dose of morphine. From now on the horse only runs in slow motion, but finally arrives at the court. With a trick and a lot of fencing skill, Dart-In-Again fights his way to Constance and hands her the diamond clasps that Lord Duke gave him for the queen. The Queen's reputation is saved, Dart-In-Again is now officially included in the ranks of the musketeers. In the final sequence of the film, Dart-In-Again plucks the last remaining hair of the monk, signifying his survival.
Production notes
Filmed in 1922 as an immediate response to the hugely successful coat-and-sword film, The Three Musketeers, starring Douglas Fairbanks , The Three Muskrepiers premiered on August 27, 1922. The German premiere took place on April 14, 1924, the Austrian the month before. A German second title was Max and the Three Musketeers .
The role names of this film parody, based on the real names of Dumas' The Three Musketeers , are partly acoustic, partly optical play on words. Dart-In-Again speaks itself almost like D'Artagnan in quickly spoken English and also means something like “shoot back in” or “come back in again”.
criticism
The New York Times of August 28, 1922 states:
“… But it is good-natured and lots of fun. If it lacks subtlety and pointed satire, it abounds in broad and whole-hearted mockery. Its method is that of absurdification. Following Fairbanks in the story almost step by step, it parallels, rather than follows him, in its treatment of each incident of the narrative. The Fairbanks version runs along the line of the romantic. The Linder version runs along the line of the ridiculous. [...] It is content to be a burlesque. So you can enjoy both films and neither will impair your enjoyment of the other. "
In Paimann's film lists you can read:
"A parody of the well-known work, with a lot of situation comedy, cheerful anachronisms and title jokes."
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in its edition of March 25, 1924:
“One must have grown beyond the enthusiastic admiration that everyone at a certain age felt for Athos, Portos, Aramis and D'Artagnan, the bold Junker from Gascony, and finally buried the belief in the inviolability of certain youth ideals in order to to see this film for what it is: an intrepid burlesque, a really funny spoof of the most extensive and popular of all Dumas' heroic novels. […] Max Linder plays the marvelous wonderfully - theater hero, heavy blower, jack-of-all-trades, August and acrobat in one person - mercury agile, full of amusing high spirits, with a humor that subdues and carries away. "
Web links
- The three Muskrepiere in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Max and the three musketeers at arte.tv
Individual evidence
- ^ The Three Must-Get-Theres in New York Times . Translation: "... But the movie is good-natured and a lot of fun. If he lacks subtlety and pointed satire, he is in excess of heartfelt ridicule. His method is exaggeration into the absurd. As for the plot, Fairbanks was followed almost step by step; this corresponds more to the handling of every occurrence in the narrative thread than to being followed. The Fairbanks version focused on the romantic, the Linder version on the ridiculous. [...] She is content with being a burlesque. Therefore, you can enjoy both versions and neither version will detract from the fun of the other. "
- ↑ The three must-misses in Paimann's film lists ( memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "The Three Muscrepes". In: Neue Freie Presse , March 25, 1924, p. 20 (online at ANNO ).
