''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (The Three Musketeers) is a 1921
French silent adventure
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film serial
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directed by
Henri Diamant-Berger
Henri Diamant-Berger (9 June 1895 – 7 May 1972) was a French director, producer and screenwriter. In a career that lasted more than 50 years, he directed 48 films between 1913 and 1959, produced 17 between 1925 and 1967 and wrote 21 screenpl ...
based on the
1844 novel by
Alexandre Dumas, père
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where ''Suffix (name)#Generational titles, '' is French language, French for 'father', to distinguish him from ...
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Plot summary
Cast
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Aimé Simon-Girard ...
d'Artagnan
Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Fra ...
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Henri Rollan
Henri Rollan (23 March 1888 – 23 June 1967) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1910 and 1962.
Selected filmography
* '' De afwezige'' (1913)
* ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921)
* ''The Three Masks'' (1921 ...
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Athos
Athos may refer to:
Fictional or mythical characters
* Athos (character), one of the title characters in the novel ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père
* Athos (mythology), one of the Gigantes in Greek mythology
* Athos Fadiga ...
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Charles Martinelli
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
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Porthos
Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), ''Twenty Years After'' (1845), and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847-1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other ...
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Pierre de Guingand ...
Aramis
René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), ''Twenty Years After'' (1845), and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847-1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, Atho ...
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Pierrette Madd ... Madame Bonacieux
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Jean Joffre
Jean Joffre (1872–1944) often styled simply as Joffre was a French film actor, film and stage actor. Crisp p.192 A character actor he played a variety of supporting roles in theatre and the cinema during his career. His final screen appearance w ...
... M. Bonacieux
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Jeanne Desclos ... The queen
Anne d'Autriche
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Édouard de Max
Édouard Alexandre de Max (born Eduard-Alexandru Max Romalo; 14 February 1869 – 28 October 1924) was a Romanian actor who became a star in Parisian theatre. As a student at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, Paris Conservatoi ...
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Richelieu
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Claude Mérelle ...
Milady de Winter
Milady Laurence de Winter, often referred to as simply Milady, is a fictional character in the novel ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) by Alexandre Dumas, père, set in 1625 France. She is a spy for Cardinal Richelieu and is one of the dominant a ...
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Henri Baudin
Henri Baudin (1882–1953) was a French film actor of the silent era.Goble p.122
Selected filmography
* ''The Crushed Idol'' (1920)
* '' Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921)
* '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1923)
* '' The Bread Peddler'' (1923)
* '' Lit ...
... Rochefort
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Charles Dullin
Charles Dullin (; 8 May 1885 – 11 December 1949) was a French actor, theater manager and director.
Career
Dullin began his career as an actor in melodrama:185 In 1908, he started his first troupe with Saturnin Fabre, the ''Théâtre de Foir ...
... Father Joseph
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Maxime Desjardins
Maxime Desjardins (1861–1936) was a French stage actor and film actor of the silent and early sound era. Fleischer p.66 He was a member of the Comédie-Française.
Selected filmography
* '' The Eaglet'' (1913)
* '' Patrie'' (1917)
* ''J'accuse ...
... Tréville
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Armand Bernard
Armand Bernard (born Armand Joseph Bernard; 21 March 1893 – 13 June 1968) was a French comic actor and composer known mainly for his prolific work in film.
Selected filmography
* '' Le traitement du hoquet'' (1918)
* '' The Little Cafe ...
... Planchet
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Louis Pré Fils Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
... Grimaud
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Antoine Stacquet ... Bazin
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Marcel Vallée
Marcel Vallée (15 January 1880, in Paris – 31 October 1957, in Fontaine-le-Port) was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906. He appeared in some American films.
Selected filmography
* '' ...
... Mousqueton
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Germaine Larbaudrière ... The duchesse de
Chevreuse
Chevreuse () is a commune in the French department of Yvelines, administrative region of Île-de-France, north-central France.
Geography
Chevreuse is located south of Paris, in the middle of a regional natural park, Parc naturel régional de l ...
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Gaston Jacquet
Gaston Émile Marius Jacquet (14 August 1883 – 28 January 1970) was a French actor.
Jacquet was born in Lanas, Ardèche, France and died in 1970 in Thonex in Switzerland.
Selected filmography
* ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1921)
* ''Th ...
... De Winter
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Blanche Altem ... Doña Estefana
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Mme. Joffre ... The
Mother Superior
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Description
In the Catholic Church (both the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Coptic ...
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Georgette Sorelle ... A sister
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Paul Hubert ... Falton
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1921 films
Film serials
1920s adventure drama films
French black-and-white films
Films based on The Three Musketeers
Films set in the 1620s
Films set in France
Films set in Paris
Cultural depictions of Cardinal Richelieu
French silent films
French adventure drama films
1921 drama films
Silent adventure drama films
1920s French films
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