The Duellists (1977)
Genre: War / Drama
Duration: 100 minuten
Country:
United Kingdom
Directed by: Ridley Scott
Stars: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel and Albert Finney
IMDb score:
7,4 (29.168)
Releasedate: 31 August 1977
The Duellists plot
"Fencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession."
Strasbourg in 1800 at the time of Bonapartes consulate. Lieutenant Gabriel Ferraud injured the mayor's nephew during a duel. Lieutenant Armand d'Hubert is ordered by his superiors to arrest Ferraud. Ferraud, however, refuses to be "humiliated" in front of his girlfriend, Madame de Lionne, and a violent argument ensues between the two men that ends in a duel.
Actors and actresses
D'Hubert
Feraud
Fouche
Colonel
Adele
Gen. Treillard
Dr. Jacquin
Chevalier
Laura
Lacourbe
Reviews & comments
Filmkriebel
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- 10326 messages
- 4837 votes
Nice movie from Scott. A visual exercise in particular, you can see that from the many beautiful shots and playing with the lighting. Sometimes it seemed a bit inspired by Barry Lyndon in that regard. The last scene in particular is a true painting. Two of Napoleon's junior officers (of equal military rank) become embroiled in a personal feud for many years over an issue about a wounded sense of honour. They fight numerous duels but never end to a satisfactory outcome. In the background, the emperor's wars take place (the piece in Russia was again of an unearthly beauty) and finally his fall. Although the hatred between the two men is feverish and fiery, the plot remains too superficial and meager to be seen as a truly grand masterpiece. The relationship between the two main characters can even be called unrealistic. I have also seen enough good that justifies a 4* in my eyes.
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Film Pegasus (moderator films)
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- 31491 messages
- 5627 votes
The debut film (in terms of feature film anyway) by Ridley Scott. A director full of misses and toppers. The Duelist is a miss. The reference to Barry Lyndon has been mentioned several times, but only once. He wanted to make a similar film, but still misses the real look of the film. You have photographers and you have people with cameras... 2 years later he is really doing his thing and as a director he is so much more creative with the horror film Alien and the film Blade Runner on it.
Scott wants to tell a story in The Duellist as well as excel with images. And therefore misses in both cases. It's all quite distant and the images are quite dry. Not a memorable movie. Too bad, because there might have been more residents here.
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starbright boy (moderator films)
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- 22749 messages
- 5356 votes
Totally unexpected for me, this Blade Runner takes the crown as the best of Ridley Scott. And especially because of its unadorned beauty and inimitable use of natural light, especially in the middle of the film. A simple, intelligent story with which all kinds of parallels can be drawn, even to the present. I don't even remember why I once fished this into a euro box, on paper it doesn't even bother me a Scott film that takes place in the past, I don't have good memories of that either, but this was much nicer than hoped.
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