The Three Musketeers (1973)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.5/10   

Director:

Richard Lester

Escritores:

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

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 marzo 1974 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Aventura | Comedia | Historia | Romance

Frase comercial:

. . . 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:

Musketeer | Cardinal | Duel | Villain | Foreign Language Adaptation

Premios:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Still the best filmed version by a long way

Reparto

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 (as Jean Pierre Cassel)
Spike Milligan	...	M. Bonacieux
Roy Kinnear	...	Planchet
Georges Wilson	...	Treville
Simon Ward	...	Duke of Buckingham
Faye Dunaway	...	Milady / Lady de Winter
Charlton Heston	...	Cardinal Richelieu
Joss Ackland	...	D'Artagnan's Father

También conocida como:

The Three Musketeers: The Queen's Diamonds (UK) (complete title) (USA)
Los diamante de la reina (Spain) (subtitle) [es]
Los tres mosqueteros (Spain) [es]

Duración:

105 min

País:

USA | UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.78 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

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

Locaciones de Filmación:

Aranjuez, Madrid, Spain

Compañía:

Alexander Salkind

Trivialidades:

Various sources including Charlton Heston's memoirs say that Heston was offered one of the Musketeers - the Oliver Reed or Frank Finlay part - but Heston passed on this role or roles because it was too demanding - he had just done a run of action roles - and also because the part was a bit small, so he chose to play a cameo.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: 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.

Citas:

Cardinal Richelieu: Who is the man that accuses you?
Bonacieux: [Rochefort enters and Bonacieux points at him] That! That is the man!
Count Rochefort: Take him away.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman (2006) (TV)

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!