''The Three Musketeers'' (Spanish:''Los tres mosqueteros'') is a 1946 Argentine-Uruguayan

historical History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

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of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by

Julio Saraceni Julio Saraceni (October 10, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was a prolific Argentina, Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned six decades. He was an important director during the Golden Age of Ar ...

and starring Armando Bo, Roberto Airaldi and Francisco Pablo Donadio. It is one of a number of film adaptations of

Alexandre Dumas Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...

's 1844 novel ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

''. It was part of a growing trend for co-productions in

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filmmaking.Balderston, Gonzalez & Lopez p.374 Much of the film was shot in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

Plot summary

Cast

* Armando Bo as

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 Fr ...

* Roberto Airaldi as Athos * Francisco Pablo Donadio as Porthos * Miguel Moya as

Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...

Enrique Roldán Enrique Roldán (1901–1954) was an Argentine stage and film actor.Finkielman p.222 He appeared in twenty four films during his career which spanned the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Roldán often played villains, particularly in the films of ...

as Rochefort *

César Fiaschi César Fiaschi (1891–1954) was an Argentine film actor.Finkielman p.56 Selected filmography * ''Twelve Women'' (1939) * ''My Country's Wings'' (1939) * ''Seven Women (1944 film), Seven Women'' (1944) * ''His Best Student'' (1944) * ''Saint Can ...

as Rey * Andrés Mejuto * Inda Ledesma * Pedro Becco * Augusto Codecá * Mario Nervi * Ramón Otero

References

Bibliography

* Balderston, Daniel & Gonzalez, Mike & Lopez, Ana M. ''Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures''. Routledge, 2014.

External links

* 1946 films Argentine historical adventure films Uruguayan adventure films Uruguayan historical films Argentine black-and-white films 1940s historical adventure films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Julio Saraceni Films set in the 1620s Films set in France Films set in Paris Films shot in Montevideo Films based on The Three Musketeers Cultural depictions of Cardinal Richelieu 1940s Argentine films 1940s Uruguayan films Spanish-language historical adventure films {{Uruguay-film-stub