The Duellists

1977

Action / Drama / War

25
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 62 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 29324 29.3K

fencing cossack napoleonic wars based on short story pistol duel sword duel

Plot summary

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.

Director

Ridley Scott Photo
Ridley Scott

Top cast

Diana Quick Photo
Diana Quick as Laura
Cristina Raines Photo
Cristina Raines as Adèle
Keith Carradine Photo
Keith Carradine as Armand d'Hubert
Meg Wynn Owen Photo
Meg Wynn Owen as Léonie
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924.06 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 4
1.85 GB
1920*1072
English 5.1
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 39

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AlsExGal 6 / 10

Ridley Scott's feature film directorial debut

Harvey Keitel, of all people, plays a soldier in Napoleonic France who has on obsession with duels, and he keeps challenging fellow soldier Keith Carradine to a duel every time they meet over the course of 15 years.This was director Ridley Scott's feature film debut, and he wanted to pay homage to the visual style of Barry Lyndon in the way he filmed this movie. Scott is visually very successful in that regard, showing he had a lot of potential that would come to fruition with Alien a few years later. The problem is that the story is a bit thin, having been based on a short story by Joseph Conrad. That, and Keitel (especially) and Carradine (somewhat less so) are miscast.It's easy to see why critics would fawn over it. Normal people who can't comprehend why Sight and Sound critics would put material like Jeanne Dielmann at the top of their greatest films list might have a somewhat less positive view of The Duellists, although it's not as if it's bad by any stretch of the imagination.
Reviewed by VikingBurialService 6 / 10

A little Boring

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