The Fifth Musketeer (1979)

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and ... See full summary »

Director:

Ken Annakin

Writers:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel), David Ambrose,

Stars:

Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvia Kristel	...	Maria Theresa
Ursula Andress	...	Louise de la Vallière
Beau Bridges	...	Louis XIV / Philippe of Gascony
Cornel Wilde	...	D'Artagnan
Ian McShane	...	Fouquet
Alan Hale Jr.	...	Porthos
Lloyd Bridges	...	Aramis
José Ferrer	...	Athos
Olivia de Havilland	...	Queen Mother
Helmut Dantine	...	Spanish Ambassador
Rex Harrison	...	Colbert
Román Ariznavarreta
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Bernard
Stephan Bastian
Victor Couzyn	...	(as Victor Couzin)

Storyline

King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king...

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Plot Keywords:

king | bastille | twins | king louis xiv | mistaken identity | 

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Taglines:

Duelling, dashing heroes ... from the bedroom to the battlefield!

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Austria West Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 December 1979 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

The 5th Musketeer

Filming Locations:

Burg Kreuzenstein, Leobendorf, Lower Austria, Austria

Company Credits

Production Co:

S&T-Film Berlin, Sascha-Verleih

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alan Hale Jr. plays Porthos, the same Musketeer played by his father Alan Hale Jr. in The Man in the Iron Mask, of which this film is a direct remake (the earlier film's screenplay is credited along with the Dumas novel as source material. Furthermore, in At Sword's Point, a Hollywood-concocted sequel to Dumas' novel "The Three Musketeers," Hale played the son of Porthos, while this film's D'Artagnan, Cornel Wilde, had the role of D'Artagnan's son.

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Connections

Version of The Man in the Iron Mask (1928)

User Reviews

sexed-up version, cut in US

In many ways, this is an unnecessary re-telling of a story we have seen realized many times before (and since), and often filmed better. It was certainly not Beau Bridges's finest hour.

What was unusual and certainly the major selling point of the film was that the leading ladies (Andress and Kristel) would shed their clothes on quite a few occasions. As this film's US rating is PG and as the American running time is 12 minutes shorter than the British 15-rated release (which is the one I saw) it is highly likely that most if not all nudity was cut from the American version. Which is a shame as this is the only proper reason to watch this film.