Les Mousquetaires de la reine, sold in the United States as The Queen's Musketeers and in Britain as The Musketeers of the Queen, was a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès.[1]
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| Directed by | Georges Méliès |
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| Country | France |
| Language | Silent |
The film was likely derived from Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers,[2] and is an early example of costume drama in French cinema.[3] Méliès appeared in the film; a production still survives at the Cinémathèque Française that shows him at the far left.[4]
The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 460–461 in its catalogues. It is currently presumed lost.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Malthête, Jacques; Mannoni, Laurent (2008), L'oeuvre de Georges Méliès, Paris: Éditions de La Martinière, ISBN 9782732437323
- ^ Moure, José; Schopp, Claude (2016), "Les Trois Mousquetaires d'Alexandre Dumas, du roman à l'écran", L'Art de l'adaptation : Féminité et roman populaire, L'Ull crític, vol. 19–20, Lleida: Universitat de Lleida, pp. 57–72 (here 62), doi:10.21001/luc.19.20.04
- ^ Pidduck, Julianne (2005), La Reine Margot, Urbana: University of Illinois Press, p. 30
- ^ Malthête & Mannoni 2008, p. 145
