D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires (2005)

Director:

Pierre Aknine

Writers:

Pierre Aknine (writer)
Alexandre Dumas père (novel)

Release Date:

6 February 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sword Fight | Devil | Female Nudity | High Treason | Sex

Cast

Vincent Elbaz	...	D'Artagnan
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Milady Winter
Tchéky Karyo	...	Le cardinal de Richelieu
Heino Ferch	...	Athos
Grégori Derangère	...	Aramis
Grégory Gadebois	...	Porthos
Stefania Rocca	...	Anne D'Autriche
Diana Amft	...	Constance Bonacieux
Jacques Spiesser	...	Bonacieux
Tristán Ulloa	...	Louis XIII
Stéphane Boucher	...	Morgan
Gilles Renaud	...	M. de Tréville
Matthew Chambers	...	Duke of Buckingham
Julia Thurnau	...	Mme de Guémenée
Emeric George	...	D'Artagnan adolescent

Also Known As:

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers (International: English title) (literal title)
D'Artagnan et les 3 mousquetaires (France) (DVD title)
The 4 Musketeers (USA) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for brief sexuality.

Runtime:

210 min (2 parts) | Finland:182 min (2 parts) (TV)

Country:

France | Canada | UK | Czech Republic

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Company:

D'Artagnan Productions

No Merry old Musketeers...This is real.

When reading the novels by Alexandre Dumas as a twelve year old kid, the impression I got from The Three Musketeers was completely different from what I had seen on the movies. Where the books had been quite dark, the white screen presented comedies and "jolly old chap" sentiments, the only exception being the Richard Lester excellent versions of 1973/74 (although made with love and humor, it was not even close to being reduced to a "d'Artagnan and the Merry Olde Musketeers" level...). With this new French movies (two parts, just like Lester's) I can really recognize the Dumas spirit. I can not say that this version is superior in terms of corresponding better with the books from a word-by-word perspective, but the over all impression certainly is. Some people might disapprove with Emanuelle Béart's interpretation of Milady, but I think this is where the Dumas' feeling really shines through... Béart makes Milady not only evil, but diabolic.