The Three Musketeers (1973)

Regisseur:

Richard Lester

Drehbuchautoren:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
George MacDonald Fraser (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

29. März 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

. . . One for All and All for Fun!

Plot:

A young swordsman comes to Paris and faces villains, romance, adventure and intrigue with three Musketeer friends.

Plot Keywords:

Duology | 1600s | Musketeer | Social Climber | Fireworks

Filmpreise:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Still the best filmed version by a long way

Besetzung

Oliver Reed	...	Athos
Raquel Welch	...	Constance de Bonacieux
Richard Chamberlain	...	Aramis
Michael York	...	D'Artagnan
Frank Finlay	...	Porthos
Christopher Lee	...	Rochefort
Geraldine Chaplin	...	Anna of Austria
Jean-Pierre Cassel	...	Louis XIII
Spike Milligan	...	M. Bonacieux
Roy Kinnear	...	Planchet
Georges Wilson	...	Treville
Simon Ward	...	Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway	...	Lady de Winter
Charlton Heston	...	Cardinal Richelieu
Joss Ackland	...	D'Artagnan's Father

Alternativ:

The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds (USA)
Drei Musketiere, Die (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

105 Min

Produktionsland:

USA | UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.78 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:All | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1975) | Sweden:11 | UK:U | USA:PG

Drehorte:

Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain

Firma:

Alexander Salkind

Dies und das:

The Duke of Buckingham's billiard room and the long hall behind it at his English estate is a leftover set from Patton (1970), it is also seen in The Four Musketeers (1974), where Milady and Buckingham speak about American Indians and also serves as a set of rooms in The Return of the Musketeers (1989) for a different character in France some 10 years after the action of the first two films. Also, the gown worn by Faye Dunaway during the Ball sequence at the end, is also the main gown worn by Jenny Agutter in The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV).

Pannen:

Filmfehler: During the first duel with the Cardinal's guards that takes place in the Nunnery - Frank Finlay goes behind a piece of laundry to hide from and surprise his opponent. From off-screen we hear a crew member yell "FRANK!" Then Finlay comes out from behind the laundry to hit his mark and finish the scene.

Dialogzitate:

Duke of Buckingham: How can I ever repay you?
D'Artagnan: My Lord, let us understand one another. You are an Englishman and an enemy of France. You owe me no debt. What I have done, I've done for the Queen.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in History of the World: Part I (1981)

Still the best filmed version by a long way

I have loved this film (or rather, these films!) since I first saw them as a child in the early eighties. At that point I hadn't read the novels, but, unusually, I think no less of the films now that I have. In their broad, slapstick style of humour, they perhaps reflect the times in which they were made, rather than Dumas, but there is no lack of the original's tragedy in the scenes of Athos' past and D'Artagnan's disillusion. George Macdonald Fraser's script is as fine as you'd expect of the writer of the 'Flashman' novels and the choreography of the fight scenes has been justly praised. The foils were apparently as heavy as their Seventeenth Century counterparts and the actors' agony was increased by filming in the hot Spanish sun....

When I watched these films again a few weeks ago I was also struck by the beautiful cinematography, with the scene in the snow and the climactic fight in the convent particularly well-framed. For me, this is as near-perfect an adaptation of the adventure novel as is possible, combining romance, humour, tragedy and action with wonderful production values and a terrific script. Few other films, and no other version of the 'Musketeers', reaches this standard. Messieurs York, Reed, Finlay, Chamberlain, Heston, Ward, Lee, Milligan and Kinnear, plus Mmes Dunaway, Chaplain and Welch will forever be associated with their characters for me. Brilliant stuff!