The Duellists
“Fencing is a science. Loving is a passion. Duelling is an obsession.”
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.
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Cast
36 people
Keith Carradine
Armand d'Hubert
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Harvey Keitel
Gabriel Feraud
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Albert Finney
Joseph Fouché
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Edward Fox
Colonel Perteley
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Adèle
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Tom Conti
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John McEnery
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Alun Armstrong
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Maurice Colbourne
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Gay Hamilton
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Ridley Scott Director · Gerald Vaughan-Hughes Screenplay Joseph Conrad Author
Budget $900K · United States release January 13, 1978 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Budget
$900,000
Production
Enigma Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Scott Free Productions
Production
National Film Finance Corporation
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
France · May 22, 1977
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · January 13, 1978
Theatrical
United Kingdom · February 2, 1978
Theatrical · (Rated A)
Brazil
May 23, 1978 · Theatrical
France
August 31, 1977 · Theatrical
Germany
May 19, 1978 · Theatrical
Italy
January 7, 1978 · Theatrical
Japan
March 1, 1982 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 6, 1978 · Theatrical
April 29, 2003 · Physical · DVD
Poland
May 5, 1978 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
June 8, 1987 · Physical
October 28, 2002 · Physical
March 3, 2003 · Physical
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