La Femme Musketeer (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Steve Boyum

Writer:

Sandra Weintraub (written by)

Release Date:

25 December 2004 (France)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Musketeer | Swashbuckler

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	Cardinal Mazarin
Michael York	...	D'Artagnan
Nastassja Kinski	...	Lady Bolton
Susie Amy	...	Valentine D'Artagnan
John Rhys-Davies	...	Porthos
Christopher Cazenove	...	Athos
Casper Zafer	...	Gaston (as Caspar Zafer)
Allan Corduner	...	Aramis
Freddie Sayers	...	King Louis
Marcus Jean Pirae	...	Villeroi
Clemency Burton-Hill	...	Marie Mancini
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathy Ashworth	...	Townsperson
David Atkinson	...	Villeroi's Aide
Imogen Bain	...	Mrs. Planchet
Csilla Barath-Bastaic	...	Sonia
Toni Bobeta	...	Chateau Prison Guard #1
Drazen Bratulic	...	Gambler
Nick Brimble	...	The General
Susan Brown	...	Cecile D'Artagnan
Patrice Cols	...	Jules
Michael Culkin	...	Claude
Zrinka Cvitesic	...	Elena
John Dallimore	...	Cardinal's Bookeeper
Alex Djakovic	...	Mazarin's Messenger
Roy Dotrice	...	Commander Finot
Tomas Ereminas	...	Chateau Guard
Vladimir 'Furdo' Furdik	...	Gaspar (as Vladimir Furdik)
Sasha Garth	...	Young Boy
William Gaunt	...	Trevoux
Bojana Gregoric	...	Pottery Girl
Boris Gregoric	...	Corrine's Father
Constantine Gregory	...	Planchet
Nicholas Irons	...	Captain Paul Mauriac
Ivan Klemencic	...	Chateau Prison Guard #2
Slavica Knezevic	...	Female Innkeeper
Kristina Krepela	...	Princess Maria Theresa
Edvin Liveric	...	King's Private Servant
Zeljko Loncar	...	Cardinal's Guard #2
Kirsten Love	...	Beatrice
Goran Manic	...	Duke's Guard
Mladen Markovic	...	Chateau Villager (as Mladen Markovic Max)
Stojan Matavulj	...	St. Raphael Mayor
Kresimir Mikic	...	Duke's Aide
Andrew Musselman	...	Antoine
Niko Nicotera	...	Etienne
Luka Peros	...	Funeral Musketeer
Predrag Petrovic	...	Vendor
T.J. Rotolo	...	Young Musketeer (as Terence Rotolo)
Nicholas Rowe	...	Duke of Buckingham
Stanislav Samuchovas	...	Lead Guardsman
Slava Samuchov	...	Captain of Cardinal soldiers
John Searles	...	Cardinal's Guard #1
Predrag Sikimic	...	Alvarez
Branko Smiljanic	...	Village Gambler
Zak B. Valenta	...	Pigeon Keeper
Ana Vilenica	...	Corrine
Andres Williams	...	Marcel

Also Known As:

Lady Musketier - Alle für eine (Germany)
The Lady Musketeer (International: English title)

Runtime:

163 min

Country:

Croatia | Germany | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Spain:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Croatia

Company:

Drotcroft Limited

Trivia:

Michael York also played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At several points in the film, percussion firearms are seen. The film is set in 1660. Percussion firearms did not appear until the nineteenth century.

Movie Connections:

Follows The Four Musketeers (1974)

Michael York out-acts his screen 'daughter'

This actually isn't that bad. Historically it's complete rubbish, of course (and why is *D'Artagnan* always the one who ends up with a daughter instead of a son? -- see the enjoyable "D'Artagnan's Daughter" of 1994, for example!) and Susie Amy's unfortunate accent grates every time she opens her mouth, but as modern-day swashbucklers go, it was refreshingly free from knowing allusions and would-be updating of the genre. It was just played straight out for the adventure, and all the better for it.

The 'younger generation' - the sons of Athos, Porthos and Aramis - were well-written, acquiring individuality of their own even before we found out who they were supposed to be, and not just clones of their respective fathers. I loved Aramis's offspring as a devout gambler, and Athos' as a cocky womaniser... The Musketeers themselves I thought bore relatively little relation to the characters of the book, with the exception of Michael York's very welcome reprise of his classic role as D'Artagnan. Experience really does show, I'm afraid; he completely acted Susie Amy, for one, off the screen. I'd far rather remember him this way than in the terminally un-funny 'Return of the Musketeers' from 1989 -- a corpse that should have been let lie if ever there was one -- and was extremely appreciative of the opportunity.

I watched the first episode on a whim. I was sufficiently hooked to bother to video-tape the following one when I knew I was going to be out... and bother to watch it immediately I got back, an accolade if ever there was one!

An attractive-looking cast. Good comradeship, avoiding too-obvious romance. Depardieu, playing an Italian-speaking character in a Francophone milieu with a heavy French accent, was out of place, and poor Susie's lower-class London tones were equally inappropriate. Not a classic... but far from the embarrassing mess it could have been.