Charlie Nelson, Claire Nebout, Daniel Auteuil

Legardere (Daniel Auteuil), a prodigious French swordsman, is framed for the murder of a friend and fellow fencing student, the Duke de Nevers. Behind the Duke's killing is his villainous cousin (Fabr...( read more  read more... )ice Luchini), who has designs on the Duke's infant child, Aurore (or, more specifically, her royal title). Legardere snatches the child and raises her to become as proficient a swordsman as her late father. Marie Gillain plays the grown-up Aurore.

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Directed by: Philippe de Broca

Release Date: March 20, 1998

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DVD Release Date: March 9, 2004

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  • April 25, 2009
    Fun to watch & nothing more
  • October 7, 2008
    I love historical movies and even flawed films such as Casanova were awesome in my eyes but this was just plain silly. Swashbuckle films always hit me the most due to their style and humour. I know De Broca has a reputation an d he is probably good and I will watch more by him bu...( read more)t this film has it all coming, it is so obvious, it was really a bore and never allows anything to arrive that makes intrigued, everything is done like an amateur writer's work, no excitement and the only things that were worth noting is one of the set-pieces where the sword kills through the head which is vulnerable unless you wear an helmet and where the guy gets shot and leave, that was good though nothing new and thee acting of the arch-villain was awesome as well as were his look but his personaluty were barely explored and overall, a disappointment. The music was utterly fine as well but maybe was badly used.
  • April 12, 2008
    Fantastic, swashbuckling , intruige and treachery abound in this superb offering - infinately better than any of the three musketeers films or of the dire pirates of the caribean franchise. This is how this genre should be portrayed although the relationship between Lagarder and ...( read more)his ward is a bit dodgy.

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October 17, 2002
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

It has a dashing and resourceful hero; a lisping, reptilian villain; big fights; big hair; lavish period scenery; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figu... full review

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