Fencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession.
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
- 7.2
- 1977
- Released
- 1h 40m
Keith Carradine
Armand d'Hubert
Harvey Keitel
Gabriel Feraud
Albert Finney
Joseph Fouché
Edward Fox
Colonel Perteley
Cristina Raines
Adèle
Robert Stephens
Brigadier-General Treillard
Tom Conti
Dr. Jacquin
John McEnery
Amiable Second
Diana Quick
Laura
Alun Armstrong
Lieutenant Lacourbe
Maurice Colbourne
Tall Second
Gay Hamilton
Maid
Meg Wynn Owen
Léonie
Jenny Runacre
Mme. de Lionne
Alan Webb
Chevalier du Rivarol
Arthur Dignam
Captain with Eyepatch
Matthew Guinness
Mayor's Son
Dave Hill
Cuirassier
Neville Jason
HilaireTimothy Penrose
Singer
William Morgan Sheppard
Fencing Master
Liz Smith
Fortune TellerAnthony Douse
Surgeon
Hugh Fraser
Officer
Richard Graydon
Cossack / HussarTim Hardy
OfficerWilliam Hobbs
SwordsmanMichael Irving
OfficerTony Mathews
Gen. Treillard's Aide-de-Camp
Pete Postlethwaite
Orderly shaving Gen. TreillardJason Scott
Léonie's son
Stacy Keach
Narrator (voice)Jean-Pierre Bordas
Pianist (uncredited)Paul Casson-Yardley
Napoleonic Boy Soldier (uncredited)George Oliver
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released
en
$900,000.00
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Reviews
After what can only be described as the most minor of misunderstandings, the decent "d'Hubert" (Keith Carradine) is forced to duel with the hot-tempered "Feraud" (Harvey Keitel). That ends inconclusively and now the narrative leads us through a series of re-matches set against a tale of their trials and tribulations during the rise and fall of Napoleon in early 1800s France. Joseph Conrad wrote a