Swashbuckler
The swashbuckler ("saber rassler" or " warrior ") is an archetypal figure of the early adventure film of the first half of the 20th century. He embodies the type of happy, witty, always victorious adventurer. Film examples include a. Zorro , d'Artagnan , Robin Hood , The Black Pirate , The Red Corsair , Scaramouche . Well-known representatives of the swashbuckler type in feature films are Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn .
reception
“The character type of the Swashbuckler is an exceptionally sympathetic hero who throws himself into adventure with light-footed charm and unbridled arrogance. With an everlasting smile he celebrates himself as the eternal winner, whereby the playful ease with which he triumphs over his opponents seems extremely wondrous. In this sense, the Swashbuckler is definitely a fairytale-like fantastic hero with supernatural abilities. "
“The swashbuckler overcomes all difficulties with a somersault ; he flies like Peter Pan over the roofs and rigging , does gymnastics like Fred Astaire over stairs, through palaces and over walls, and throws himself - gallantly and fairly - in front of the ladies' ruffled hoop skirts before blood-red sunsets. The fight with the opponent [...] becomes a lucid boast, a puppet theater in which one turns the opponent's nose with the sword . "
See also
- Coat-and-sword film
- adventure
- The Scarlet Pirate ( Swashbuckler )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from Fabienne Liptay : Wunderwelten. Fairy tales in film (film studies; vol. 26). Gardez! -Verlag, Remscheid 2004, ISBN 3-89796-041-9 , page 158 (also dissertation, University of Mainz 2002)
- ↑ Quoted from Christoph Fritze, Georg Seeßlen , Claudius Weil: Der Abenteurer. History and Mythology of Adventure Film (Basics of Popular Film; Vol. 9). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983, ISBN 3-499-17408-1 , p. 64.