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Cossack | Fencing
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Best Foreign Director Migliore Regista Straniero | 1978 | Ridley
1977 | Ridley
1978 | Frank
Budget 900,000 USD
The film's source short story by Joseph Conrad was based on a true story of two real-life French Hussar officers, who regularly fought real duels together during the reign of Napoléon Bonaparte. Nick Evangelista said of this real-life story in "The Encyclopedia of the Sword": "As a young officer in Napoleon's Army, Dupont was ordered to deliver a disagreeable message to a fellow officer, Fournier, a rabid duelist. Fournier, taking out his subsequent rage on the messenger, challenged Dupont to a duel. This sparked a succession of encounters, waged with sword and pistol, that spanned decades. The contest was eventually resolved when Dupont was able to overcome Fournier in a pistol duel, forcing him to promise never to bother him again."
Ridley Scott said that after having directed anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 television commercials, he realized no one was going to approach him about directing a film, so he'd have to take the lead. Since his funds were limited, he used a public domain source for the story, and commissioned the script for this movie on his own.
Because of the limited budget, the film was shot entirely on-location in France, England, and Scotland. No sets or buildings were built at all. Every building in the movie was an existing structure.
During the scene where D'Hubert (Keith Carradine) asks Adèle (Cristina Raines) to marry him, she starts to laugh. This laughter was not intentional. According to director Ridley Scott, she actually had a hard time keeping a straight face since one of the horses had a huge erection.
According to Ridley Scott, Paramount Pictures gave him a list of four actors from which to choose for the two leads, which he had to agree to in order to receive financing. Scott selected Carradine and Keitel, then spent several months trying to convince them to accept the roles.
"Armand D'Hubert: General Feraud has made occasional attempts to kill me. That does not give him the right to claim my acquaintance."
"Gabriel Feraud: I knew a man who was stabbed to death by a woman; gave him the surprise of his life. Laura: I once knew a woman who was beaten to death by a man. I don't think it surprised *her* at all."
