Top Billed Cast

Keith Carradine
Armand d'Hubert
Harvey Keitel
Gabriel Feraud
Albert Finney
Joseph Fouché
Edward Fox
Colonel Perteley
Cristina Raines
Adèle
Robert Stephens
Brigadier-General Treillard
Tom Conti
Dr. Jacquin
John McEnery
Amiable Second
Diana Quick
Laura
Alun Armstrong
Lieutenant Lacourbe
Maurice Colbourne
Tall Second
Gay Hamilton
Maid
Meg Wynn Owen
Léonie
Jenny Runacre
Mme. de Lionne
Alan Webb
Chevalier du Rivarol
Arthur Dignam
Captain with Eyepatch
Matthew Guinness
Mayor's Son
Dave Hill
Cuirassier
Neville Jason
Hilaire
Timothy Penrose
Singer
William Morgan Sheppard
Fencing Master
Liz Smith
Fortune Teller
Anthony Douse
Surgeon
Hugh Fraser
Officer
Richard Graydon
Cossack / Hussar
Tim Hardy
Officer
William Hobbs
Swordsman
Michael Irving
Officer
Tony Mathews
Gen. Treillard's Aide-de-Camp
Pete Postlethwaite
Orderly shaving Gen. Treillard
Jason Scott
Léonie's son
Luke Scott
Léonie's son
Stacy Keach
Narrator (voice)
Jean-Pierre Bordas
Pianist (uncredited)
Paul Casson-Yardley
Napoleonic Boy Soldier (uncredited)
George Oliver
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 23 2022

After what can only be described as the most minor of misunderstandings, the decent "d'Hubert" (Keith Carradine) is forced to duel with the hot-tempered "Feraud" (Harvey Keitel). That ends inconclusively and now the narrative leads us through a series of re-matches set against a tale of their trials and tribulations during the rise and fall of Napoleon in early 1800s France. Joseph Conrad wrote a characterful story and Ridley Scott makes full use of that with a focused, frequency pithy and entertaining, dialogue and two measured and engaging leading performances with plenty of entertaining swor...