@@killbenjiTV Cossacks didn't look like they were doing too bad at all...until the one got shot off his horse and had his throat cut. If it hadn't been for that...
D’Hubert tries to make peace, or at least find common ground, with Feraud in this scene with the offering of schnapps. However, Feraud is having none of it. Says a lot about the differences between these two characters.
Well, one wants to fight yet doesn't remember why, only that he wants it. The other rather make peace with the situation, even while he remembers how he was forced into the feud. They are the two different versions of what it was to be a honorable man, yet they are strikingly similar at certain points.
@@stevescruby1343 Thanks. I do wonder, if I am the only one that sees parallels to other works of history (and fiction). Such as the Illiad. The way that Feraud and d'Hubert interpersonal story moves throughout the story, the way that duty is replaced by passion. They find themselves seeing the other person as a dark reflection of what they are. If the story was written with just a splice more interaction between the duels, then it could be a case story in male friendships that evolve though begrudgingly earned respect.
They were in a war and the man who shot him was French who understood no Russian. He turned around and saw more Russian cavalry and thought it was an ambush attempt and that the Cossack was mocking him. So he shot and killed him.
He got shot, because he spit up his food at Feraud as a sign of disrespect and to show his confidence that the duelists were as good as dead. What the Cossack wasn't aware of was that his homeboys would bail on him so easily. In the end, his stupidity got him shot in the chest, his throat slit, and his rations/supplies looted.
One of the craziest stories I read from a Russian officer during Napoleon’s retreat was that one night, around the campfire, a frozen prussian soldier just walked on up and warmed himself. He basically said, “fuck Napoleon” and sat there by the fire. They felt so bad for this frozen and starved living corpse that they let him get warm, talk about how Napoleon sucked, and then amble off into the winter cold to probably die.
He wasn't Prussian, we don't know where he was from and neither did Radozhitskii, who only refers to him as a ''skinny German'' who was followed shortly by a Frenchman, seemingly insulted at the presence of the Frenchman, the German took off into the night to look for another place to stay after thanking the Russians.
@@user-03-gsa3 No problem! Although, I suppose saying he wasn't Prussian and then going on to describe how no one knows where exactly he was from was a bit dumb, but I'm sure it got the point across.
The hussars were no less gentleman than the french soldiers. Do you really see three hussars on horses running away from two frozen and beaten up capitulating french soldiers with unloaded pistols? But, unfortunately it is quite common for western made movie to portray russians as savages. If only the world didn't learn history from movies no matter how well they made....
@@bartsimpson208 Dude it's a meme, calm down. Actually scratch that, you are giving incorrect information and for someone who claims to be above "getting history from movies" I can't let that stand. 1. Those are Cossacks. This is during the retreat from Moscow, where it was primarily Cossacks who were picking off french stragglers and isolated units. Now whether their clothing and equipment was accurate is debatable, and I admit that the one we see seems to be wearing a Hussar's Jacket, but I would attribute that more to an oversight on the part of the wardrobe department. but those are Cossacks. 2. The French are the Hussars. Feraud and D'Hubert are Hussars. It is not the Russians in this scene that are Hussars, but in fact the two Frenchmen. They clearly wear the uniforms of Hussars throughout the movie. Feraud is from the 7th Hussars and D'hubert is from the 3rd. 3. No one is insulting the honor or integrity of the Russians. I don't know why you are arguing for the gentleman like conduct of Russian forces when no one was questioning it. 4. Grammer is your friend. I had a stroke reading your comment.
I think he was afraid to catch friendly feelings with his rival. The period was interesting, but the grudges were so out of hand that they have to make them a criminal act.
@@Lex60No, Feraud was not afraid to catch friendly feelings for d'Hubert. There were no friendly feelings for each other. Feraud literally hated the guy and wanted to kill him. So much so that he made him duel him anytime they were anywhere remotely close to each other for a 20 year period. d'Hubert hated having to duel this guy all the time. With the French soldiers who were there all being dead, so there were no witnesses to vouch that the duel was fair and honorable..and the fact that they had just been discovered by enemies..d'Hubert was happy that the duel wasn't going to happen, and saw it as a win. He was ready to celebrate with a drink. And he also really wanted to end this beef with Feraud too, since it was literally ruining his life. Feraud was pissed off that the duel wasn't going to happen, and that he wouldn't get a chance to try and kill d'Hubert. He refused the Schnapps because he was upset that duel wasn't going to happen, and he genuinely disliked d'Hubert anyway, and wasn't going to drink with him.
I was coaching fencing for Cornell University when this film came out. With that professional perspective, I have always held The Duellists to be the greatest pure fencing film of them all--true to the weapons and true to the period. It is also a visually ravishing film; the final scene is stunnning.
I interpret him as saying, "Pistols next time" as a joke, an acknowledgement that their acrimony was pointless when given the perspective of their terrible plight and fight against great odds. Ferud being utterly intransigent even in light of this speaks volumes about his character. I believe it was indeed pistols next time.
Excellent comment. Given Ferraud's character and his seeming loyalty to Bonaparte in contrast to D' Hubert's sensible approach to things and eventual switching of sides, I think it is a testament on what loyalty sometimes can stand for and what it can really mean.
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That was the most dramatic delivery of the word Schnapps the world has ever seen. Legend tells you can still hear the Schnapps in the wind and echoes of it over the rolling hills.
***** well I'm no fan of Feraud's, but how exactly is his refusing to drink with d'Hubert "ungentlemanly"? It just further shows the contempt he holds for the man. I wouldn't want to share a drink with someone I don't like, either.
The man has tried to kill d'Hubert for literally years because he tried to arrest him for breaking the law and Feraud had his feelings hurt. Feraud's snubbing is ungentlemanly because at every point, d'Hubert has been nothing but gentlemanly in his own conduct, and Feraud is literally choosing to hate him for _nothing,_ solely so he has the chance to murder someone who hurt his poor, poor ego and then had the gall to not die instantly when they duelled. Part of being a gentleman is _not_ holding grudges against people who have done you no lasting harm whatsoever and who have made active efforts to make amends. He's not just ungentlemanly, he's psychotic.
the problem with feraud is that he sees d'huberst gentlemanly conduct as intentionally taking the high ground in order to spun him. the better d'hubert acts the more he feels offended, of course if he were to act as confrontationally as feraud did then that would cause offense too so there is no good solution for d'hubert, just keep away from him i suppose
The Grand Army (French) numbered 600,000 at the start of the Russian campaign. Only 100,000 made it back after the winter retreats from Moscow. The Cossacks used hit and run tactics on the French chopping them up all the way back to Europe. Marshall Ney was the last man out if Russia google it. It’s an interesting story of the glory mindset real and or imagined.
Even though the terrain is inaccurate for the place it's intended to represent, Ridley Scott really takes you into this "other place", and his clever use of cinematography and framing give you the sense of the cold weather and the tension between the two characters.
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewic3338 No, they retreated through Russia, modern Belarus (where the Berezina river was crossed) and into Lithuania. All pretty much as flat as a pancake. I believe the director shot this scene somewhere in Scotland and the landscape looks like it.
Russia's an Asian nation? Btw many colonial powers had their pieces in Asia for nearly/more than a century, particularly the Brits(colonized Hong Kong and Malaya), Dutch (colonized Indonesia) and Spaniards (colonized Philippines).
@@zennoix9984 Your're right. Russia is only partly (about 75%) an Asian nation. Also, Napoleon's Grande Armée did not penetrate Russia far enough for the attack to be considered a land war in Asia. But, I've got to say that the same principle applies here. Even though the French supply effort was greater than in any of their earlier campaigns, it was still foolish to pick a fight far from home, with extended supply lines over a great area of land, difficult roads/no roads, often surrounded by hostile territory during the invasion and the retreat.
Germany combined with Austria-Hungary beat them in ww1. People say the revolution is why they lost but if you look at the military campaigns it’s pretty clear Germany had them beat regardless
@@rhysnichols8608 not “regardless”. They might have beaten them in several battles but thats literally what ALWAYS happens. If not for Revolution germany would have being beaten (as it was anyway) after invading into Russian Empire and getting into war of attrition.
@Mists & Shadows Cossacks eating people? WWII Svoiet troops cannibalizing? Maaaan, whatever bullshit they think of just to demonize the opposing forces. But seriously, stalking from "frozen mists" and blizzards? Are you sure that's not about White Walkers? =) Cossacks in our army was just a light cavalry, hit an run tactics is working very well against a running army.
@@FreelancerND Yeah some people like to make their own fantasy and call it history. 'Cannibal Cossak hiding in the blizzard " They were also riding Mammoths i guess.
@Mists & Shadows You're a complete idiot, and history learns from the stories and stories of idiots like you.If you follow your reasoning, the Russians on their way to Paris in 1814 and on their way to Berlin in 1945 ate half of Europe. The filmmakers did not even bother to find out what form the Cossacks were in, they did not wear cassocks and did not wear such headdresses.
is the frozen man at the end Ferurard's friend?? He looked to be that staunch quiet fellow that follows Feraurd around throughout the film. Looks as if he survived everything but the cold.
You guys have a damned sharp eye. I’ve seen this movie at least a dozen times over the decades and never noticed that. I’ve only ever wondered why they didn’t cover up the pink on his face to make him seem more frozen and dead.
why do you think feraud went off? to scout for lousy cossacks? or find his friend that never showed up to camp after march or a watch? he found his friend, then he left.
Less of "The Duelists" as "The Duelist" or more accurately "The Dick" The guy took being one to new heights of excellence with his murderous trolling for duels.
@Isaac Mounce nowadays in modern media you have a lot of liars basing their lies on liars. You may disagree but I don't think you should be baffled by the concept.
@@jeanlatronche9133 All these Mongols, Crimean Tatars, Poles, Lithuanians, French and Germans, when they managed to reach Moscow, later bitterly regretted that they had done so.
@@grigol101 What are you talking about? The Mongols invaded from the east and controlled all of Russia for about 30 years before splintering and the splintered nations continuing to rule there for several years more. And with Poland, it would be another 50 years before Poland-Lithuania ever lost any wars against Russia, with many victorious wars in between.
From Austerlitz to Waterloo ; The great charge of Eylau How with 500 men Antoine Lassale took Stetin defended by 10 000 fresh and well equiped prussian . the tragic death and heroic life of Jean Lannes . and so many more acts of bravery . Vive L'Empereur !!!
The duelists was a pretty silly movie in many ways, most of Ridley Scott's movies are. The cheese factor just manifests itself differently in his films.
I am glad that I am from Russia. You are laughing over my country, and there maybe some reasons for it, but She finally wins laughing enemies, history facts prooved that.
An absolutely incorrect representation of both the nature of Russia and the Cossacks. The nature of Russia is forests and not such icy deserts, and the Cossacks did not look like bandits in fur hats, they had their own special uniform, but here they look like pirates.
I saw this movie couple years ago and the philmtography is so good I thought it had been recently released. I was very surprised to find out it was made in the 70s
I think they were too far away. The Russian who approached and was killed may not have realised they were about to duel - he probably thought, "Ha! Demoralised French stragglers!" He then decided to mock them. His last mistake...
I think this is a pretty good microcosm of the last steps of the retreat, the French army is exhausted but fighting back with its last strength, the Russians are ever present just a little way away looking to prey on stragglers. It's not often mentioned but by the time of the retreat even the Russians were using largely conscripts to fight as so many soldiers had been lost facing Napoleon before and they sufferred from winter almost as much as Napoleon's Grand Armee. This is why it was very wise of Kutusov to hold back his main forces from attacking Napoleon on the retreat and to instead quarter his conventional forces and let the Rugged Cossacks and the winter finish Napoleon. Chichagov went for a conventional battle at the Berezina of the and whilst he won, the French were still able to get away and he took 10,000 Russian casualties that were completely unnecessary to lose. One reason if prefer kutusov he understood war better in my eyes. 1. Kutosov 2. Suvorov 3. Chichagov 4. Wittgenstein 5. Poor Bennigsen
This is the film that got me interested in fencing as a child. I was lucky to have a French teacher later in high school a few years later that would teach us a little fencing as a reward to doing well on test in her class. After that I tried a little in college. I have always had a love of blades ever since those days, be it long blades or short.
That scene where he looks at the dead frozen guy always give me the heeby jeebies. He was alive and messing around before but now look he just a dead frozen guy.
Хм…. В 1941 году в ноябре было холодно. Самая низкая температура воздуха (-16.8°) была 13 ноября. Самая высокая температура воздуха (6.5°) была 2 ноября.
This isn't a missed duel. Both of them are all wrapped up in their silly code of honor, which the movie previously states forbids them from dueling in times of war. D'Hubert offered to go with to try to make some kind of peace. The staredown in the snow was to make the audience question whether they would fight regardless (or whether either one would just murder the other) and of course neither would happen because code.
I used to watch this movie all the time. It's engrossing. Ridley Scott's first 3 movies: The Duellists, Alien, Blade Runner. No other director will ever have a run like that, ever.
Una escena de esta magnífica película en la que estos dos hombres debieron pelear juntos ante un enemigo común, como fue este cosaco ruso que interrumpiría su duelo privado. Un filme clásico en todos los sentidos que ahora es de culto por lo bien planteado que es su argumento y escenificación.
Didn't matter if they weren't in the same regiment or even division at that point. Napoleon's Grand Army had been reduced to a mob of the survivors of dozens of shattered regiments as it tried to get back to Poland. The only distinction among the living was who was waiting to die and who was still trying to live.
People forget that the Grande Armee began a slow process of dying during the high summer and within 100 miles of its initial crossing of the Russian border long before winter or roving Cossacks became a problem. Thousands of pack and cavalry horses died from poor fodder and exhaustion and troops ran through their rations and found nothing to live off in the countryside, yet, were still expected to do at least 20 miles a day on the imaginary Russian roads during the summer heat.
@@dpeasehead Some improvised sunglasses from bits of broken wine bottle to cope with the hot dusty Russian roads in summer. The army was bleeding out from disease and desertion well before Borodino, much less before the retreat.
exorder2005 Napoleon actually toyed with the idea of invading England from the air using hot air balloons, even flirted with the idea of digging a tunnel underneath the channel. But yes, the Post-Revolutionary French navy clearly was inferior to the RN but you'll be surprised that the French royal navy more than held its own against the RN. The French navy defeated the RN during the American Revolution after all. There was also a brief time in the mid 1600s when the French navy was actually on its way to the top after the reforms by Richelieu and Courbet. TheFrench navy annihilated both the Dutch and English fleet at Beachyhead in 1653. The victory was so decisive that the French navy had complete control of the English channel for a time. Unfortunately France failed to capitalize, If they had, a French invasion fleet would have invaded England virtually unopposed with William trapped in Ireland.
In severely cold conditions never drink high alcohol content drinks that have reached temperature equilibrium with the environment because the freezing temperature of high alcohol content drinks is far too low to Safely consume at very cold temperatures.
I'm sure he kept the flask tucked into his coat. Schnapps seems to have wonderful restorative properties internally and externally. General Blucher dressed his wounds with bandages doused with schnapps and drank it as a health tonic. The man was in his 70's leading an army in an age men usually didn't live that long with wounds to boot also.
It's not really that what is most damaging about alchohol in the cold, but the fact it stimulates blood flow in the upper part of the skin. Which in turn makes you feel more comfortable as your skin warms. However it at the same time increases the temperature difference between air and skin, which causes skin to bleed heat out faster and thus actually cools your body down. It's like turning your skin into radiator- you're going to lose body heat faster than if it was only warm enough to not freeze or suffer serious damage.
Total French troops that made it back across the Niemen: 1,000 armed infantry, 9 cannon, 20,000 stragglers, 2 kings, 1 prince and 8 marshals. The Russians hadnt fared any better in pursuit: Kutuzov's 100,000 were reduced to 35,000 and of Wittgenstein's 50,000 some 15,000 remained.
@@danlorett2184 There were also Austrian and Prussian contingents that barely entered Russia at all and when they saw what was happening to the rest of the Grande Armée they changed sides, fighting the French the next year. The Prussians reached agreement with the Russians in the convention of Tauroggen. Technically they were part of the Grande Armée but in reality hardly took part in the campaign and are often not included among its survivors in the somewhat different casualty estimates there are.
Correct according to French historical records, but with a caveat: straggler figures are approximate because many turned up months after, including remnants that fought later in France.
There was alot of chivalry back in this period. Technological leverage was a minor factor and bladed weapons were always kept on hand if the firelock failed the musketeer. There was one case of Marshal Murat charging alone into a whole group of Cossacks and demanding that they turn around and leave the field. This they did after seeing his sword gleaming in the sun and realized he meant business.
***** You're a metabolizing, warm-blooded living being with a body temperature of well above 30°C. If 'you put your hand in some snow', your body heat will naturally melt the Snow. A flintlock pistol is an inanimate object made from iron/steel, wood and brass. It tends to be roughly the same temperature as the environment. If it is freezing cold, the pistol will most likely be freezing cold as well.
The commentary on the DVD explains it was shot in Scotland, and because "the state was at war, private duels were forbidden". The other two reasons being, in different places, and of different ranks.
Sometimes people get frozen in the middle of a winter forest. They keep walking and than make a decision to sit for a couple of moments and have some rest.
I wonder why three Cossack horsemen were scared of two foot soldiers with pistols, and even after they fired off their pistols, which means they became unarmed. The Cossacks fled without avenging the murder of their own
@@BaronUltimo where did you get that info? Cossacs were in the army,forming regiments and so on. Its a stupid thing to say that they were looters. Just like saying that the whole russian army had nothing to do but to loot and run.
@@amaterasu7532 I have read the book "Moscow 1812" by Adam Zamoyski, who cites several eyewitness reports about Cossack attacks. In the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Cossack fighters were far more irregular than in later times.
@@BaronUltimo this talk is worthless anyway, 'cause the russians in the scene are not cossacks,they are hussars. You can easily see that looking at the man's uniform.
French Engineer soldiers built a crossing point over an icy river... As they got out of the water they died...their bodies unable to survive the terrible cold they had endured. Soldiers found the cheap buttons on their trousers fell apart in the cold so the couldnt keep clothes together. I had read that they dropped their trousers to take a dump and their bowel froze... Grim.......
I read about that, I think it was mentioned in Baron de Marbot's book about how those guys were up to their necks in a freezing river building a bridge and then died when they came out of the water. He also mentioned how the general staff ordered all of the field forges to be destroyed during the retreat but some stubborn lower level engineer commander disobeyed and his men dragged theirs on sleds while starving through the winter terrain and it later became instrumental in getting the remnants of the Grande Armée across a river.
I have never watched the movie but this scene makes it feel like one of those survival movies were things just go wrong and wrong and then they die in some horrific way lol
Winter is the best excuse for the beaten French and their allies. And in general, when the Russians learned French in the 19th century, they defeated the French and entered Paris. In the 20th century it was fashionable to learn German. We defeated the Germans and their allies in Europe. Entered Berlin. Now you should think about it, since we started learning English.
You were not the only ones to defeat the Germans during WWII… By the way, Germany declared war on USSR (not Russia) during WWII, but no one declared war on you recently , so why do you want to enter London or Washington ? That is very strange.
Nowhere in Russia, where Napoleon was, you can find such a landscape. In Belorus, where this is meant to be set (they speak about the Neman river) the land is absolutely flat and it's just fields and forests.
what do you suggest then. transport all the movie set from usa to belarus. director need snowy athmosphere and the cheapest way was to go to nearest mountain...
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Cossack: "are you hungry would you like some meat"
Narrator: They did not want meat.
That scene is just.... weird. That guy made no sense
Everyone is losing to nature anyway lol
@@killbenjiTV Cossacks didn't look like they were doing too bad at all...until the one got shot off his horse and had his throat cut. If it hadn't been for that...
@@krismakardikan9823 That's a sad scene, at least the Cossack got his suffering ended.
@@caravela2002 and the sad part was...?
D’Hubert tries to make peace, or at least find common ground, with Feraud in this scene with the offering of schnapps. However, Feraud is having none of it. Says a lot about the differences between these two characters.
Plus, while D'Hubert offers sharing the drink, Feraud keeps the pillaged food for himself. Little details.
Well, one wants to fight yet doesn't remember why, only that he wants it.
The other rather make peace with the situation, even while he remembers how he was forced into the feud.
They are the two different versions of what it was to be a honorable man, yet they are strikingly similar at certain points.
@@NielsMulvad That’s a great comment, and very accurate.
@@stevescruby1343
Thanks. I do wonder, if I am the only one that sees parallels to other works of history (and fiction). Such as the Illiad.
The way that Feraud and d'Hubert interpersonal story moves throughout the story, the way that duty is replaced by passion. They find themselves seeing the other person as a dark reflection of what they are.
If the story was written with just a splice more interaction between the duels, then it could be a case story in male friendships that evolve though begrudgingly earned respect.
Feraud is nasty Brooklyn thug!
In case if you are interested, the cossack was asking them: "Are you hungry? Do you want some meat?".
Nice sht, shoot and kill when they come asking if you need food what a shitbag this sore ass loser is hahahaha
They were in a war and the man who shot him was French who understood no Russian. He turned around and saw more Russian cavalry and thought it was an ambush attempt and that the Cossack was mocking him. So he shot and killed him.
Thank you, I was interested! Then the poor fella got shot for his courtesy........
He got shot, because he spit up his food at Feraud as a sign of disrespect and to show his confidence that the duelists were as good as dead. What the Cossack wasn't aware of was that his homeboys would bail on him so easily. In the end, his stupidity got him shot in the chest, his throat slit, and his rations/supplies looted.
@@horsearcher6852 are you that naïve ? The cossack was mocking him
One of the craziest stories I read from a Russian officer during Napoleon’s retreat was that one night, around the campfire, a frozen prussian soldier just walked on up and warmed himself. He basically said, “fuck Napoleon” and sat there by the fire.
They felt so bad for this frozen and starved living corpse that they let him get warm, talk about how Napoleon sucked, and then amble off into the winter cold to probably die.
Amen to that.
He wasn't Prussian, we don't know where he was from and neither did Radozhitskii, who only refers to him as a ''skinny German'' who was followed shortly by a Frenchman, seemingly insulted at the presence of the Frenchman, the German took off into the night to look for another place to stay after thanking the Russians.
@@user-03-gsa3 No problem! Although, I suppose saying he wasn't Prussian and then going on to describe how no one knows where exactly he was from was a bit dumb, but I'm sure it got the point across.
@@TheThingInMySink It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read the Russian officer’s diary so I appreciate the corrections. Thanks!
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That Cossack was the OG suicidal, Russian, doomer. Just went right up to a couple enemy soldiers both with duel pistols and taunted them.
What a beast hahaha but he was probably a distraction for the others to charge in
Most French stragglers were demoralised and he got a surprise that these ones still had some fight in them.
The hussars were no less gentleman than the french soldiers. Do you really see three hussars on horses running away from two frozen and beaten up capitulating french soldiers with unloaded pistols? But, unfortunately it is quite common for western made movie to portray russians as savages. If only the world didn't learn history from movies no matter how well they made....
@@bartsimpson208 Dude it's a meme, calm down.
Actually scratch that, you are giving incorrect information and for someone who claims to be above "getting history from movies" I can't let that stand.
1. Those are Cossacks. This is during the retreat from Moscow, where it was primarily Cossacks who were picking off french stragglers and isolated units. Now whether their clothing and equipment was accurate is debatable, and I admit that the one we see seems to be wearing a Hussar's Jacket, but I would attribute that more to an oversight on the part of the wardrobe department. but those are Cossacks.
2. The French are the Hussars. Feraud and D'Hubert are Hussars. It is not the Russians in this scene that are Hussars, but in fact the two Frenchmen. They clearly wear the uniforms of Hussars throughout the movie. Feraud is from the 7th Hussars and D'hubert is from the 3rd.
3. No one is insulting the honor or integrity of the Russians. I don't know why you are arguing for the gentleman like conduct of Russian forces when no one was questioning it.
4. Grammer is your friend. I had a stroke reading your comment.
@@KarlPHorse на русском - гусарский мундир. так что это русские гусары. шапка не форменная и пика зачем-то.
When he refused the Schnapps that was his undoing right there. Never refuse the Schnapps.
I think he was afraid to catch friendly feelings with his rival. The period was interesting, but the grudges were so out of hand that they have to make them a criminal act.
@@Lex60No, Feraud was not afraid to catch friendly feelings for d'Hubert. There were no friendly feelings for each other. Feraud literally hated the guy and wanted to kill him. So much so that he made him duel him anytime they were anywhere remotely close to each other for a 20 year period. d'Hubert hated having to duel this guy all the time. With the French soldiers who were there all being dead, so there were no witnesses to vouch that the duel was fair and honorable..and the fact that they had just been discovered by enemies..d'Hubert was happy that the duel wasn't going to happen, and saw it as a win. He was ready to celebrate with a drink. And he also really wanted to end this beef with Feraud too, since it was literally ruining his life. Feraud was pissed off that the duel wasn't going to happen, and that he wouldn't get a chance to try and kill d'Hubert. He refused the Schnapps because he was upset that duel wasn't going to happen, and he genuinely disliked d'Hubert anyway, and wasn't going to drink with him.
These guys replying to you below are thinking too much, if anyone offers you alcohol. You take it! 🤣
@@DocLunger let’s break it down from an analytical standpoint
@@senghunter1010 wut lol
I was coaching fencing for Cornell University when this film came out. With that professional perspective, I have always held The Duellists to be the greatest pure fencing film of them all--true to the weapons and true to the period. It is also a visually ravishing film; the final scene is stunnning.
The greatest pure fencing film? What's that, a list of three?
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@@flybeep1661 thanks mate
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I interpret him as saying, "Pistols next time" as a joke, an acknowledgement that their acrimony was pointless when given the perspective of their terrible plight and fight against great odds.
Ferud being utterly intransigent even in light of this speaks volumes about his character.
I believe it was indeed pistols next time.
Intransigent is a new word for me, thank you!
In short, only one of them truly hated his opponent.
Excellent comment. Given Ferraud's character and his seeming loyalty to Bonaparte in contrast to D' Hubert's sensible approach to things and eventual switching of sides, I think it is a testament on what loyalty sometimes can stand for and what it can really mean.
@@Velkan1396 The funniest part is that Feraud doesn't remember the original reason of why they duel constantly, while Hubert does
Yes. In the English language version - that is what he says.
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I love how you can hear the flask humming as the wind blows over the opening
It's fun to imagine the Foley guy, grabbing a milk bottle from his table of stuff and blowing gently over the top. 😄
Just a heads up. Ai Angel is AI. And considering Ridley Scott directed this flick as he did Blade Runner I think the machines like his work. If I commented on AI and didn't know it was AI and then later found out it was AI, I'm not sure what I would think. I guess I would think "what is real"?
@@philiscoolerthanu
That's our Ridley.
On the note of the flask, surely his hands and lips would get stuck to it in the cold?
That was the most dramatic delivery of the word Schnapps the world has ever seen. Legend tells you can still hear the Schnapps in the wind and echoes of it over the rolling hills.
This is some amazing acting. Both actors nailed the “I’m fucked up from being frozen & starving” aesthetic.
That's somewhere between -10 & -20 C there. It eventually got down to -37 C just before the remnants of La Grande Armée hobbled into Vilna.
I love that the Cossack realized they wanted to duel each other.
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen in my life.
I really loved the whole Russian sequence in this film, almost like a little horror movie within the rest of the narrative.
Ridley Scott's made a lot of films since this. He's never made a better one.
Alien was better,and blade runner too. He is overrated as a director imo though.
agree
@@Panos-xo9rc He has high highs and low lows. Even his shit films at least come across as sincere and not made by a committee I suppose.
@@Panos-xo9rc overrated? bro Ridley is a legend
@@Panos-xo9rc How can a guy direct The Duellists, Alien, and Blade Runner and be overrated?
Almost every shot looks like an old masters painting.
So very true. Saw it in the theater when it first came out and we were amazed at the depth of color and composition of each scene.
As a director Ridley Scott has hits and misses but his films always look beautiful. Every frame a painting indeed.
Here Mate. That's Scotland in Summer!
Love the sarcasm: "Pistols next time?"
***** well I'm no fan of Feraud's, but how exactly is his refusing to drink with d'Hubert "ungentlemanly"? It just further shows the contempt he holds for the man. I wouldn't want to share a drink with someone I don't like, either.
The man has tried to kill d'Hubert for literally years because he tried to arrest him for breaking the law and Feraud had his feelings hurt. Feraud's snubbing is ungentlemanly because at every point, d'Hubert has been nothing but gentlemanly in his own conduct, and Feraud is literally choosing to hate him for _nothing,_ solely so he has the chance to murder someone who hurt his poor, poor ego and then had the gall to not die instantly when they duelled. Part of being a gentleman is _not_ holding grudges against people who have done you no lasting harm whatsoever and who have made active efforts to make amends.
He's not just ungentlemanly, he's psychotic.
the problem with feraud is that he sees d'huberst gentlemanly conduct as intentionally taking the high ground in order to spun him. the better d'hubert acts the more he feels offended, of course if he were to act as confrontationally as feraud did then that would cause offense too so there is no good solution for d'hubert, just keep away from him i suppose
@@DMTrojan and to keep the duel going, he later lies about d'Hubert insulting the emperor.
Is it sarcastic? As it turns out, it IS pistols the next time.
One of the best period movies of the Napoleonic era.
The Grand Army (French) numbered 600,000 at the start of the Russian campaign. Only 100,000 made it back after the winter retreats from Moscow. The Cossacks used hit and run tactics on the French chopping them up all the way back to Europe. Marshall Ney was the last man out if Russia google it. It’s an interesting story of the glory mindset real and or imagined.
Cossack drive by’s ain’t no joke
Less than 30k made it home. Not 100k.
@@Russ92 that's just the estimated number. the actual amount of soldiers that made it out of russia were more than that
most casualties were during the Summer from desertion and sickness but the round about 100k who left Moscow only around 25k made it back
Napoleon goes home first.
This scene more than any has made me feel the cold from my couch ! Incredible.
It completely incorrectly reflects the winter nature of the central regions of Russia. There should be a lot of forests, not desert.
@@AntonReutВы правы,абсолютно неправдоподобный пейзаж.
Even though the terrain is inaccurate for the place it's intended to represent, Ridley Scott really takes you into this "other place", and his clever use of cinematography and framing give you the sense of the cold weather and the tension between the two characters.
Joke
innaccurate? this looks like the ukrainian steppes during the dead of winter, i think this captures the setting pretty well.
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewic3338 No, they retreated through Russia, modern Belarus (where the Berezina river was crossed) and into Lithuania. All pretty much as flat as a pancake. I believe the director shot this scene somewhere in Scotland and the landscape looks like it.
Plus he had like no budget.
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszykiewic3338 do you quite realize what a "steppe" is?
“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is to never get involved in a land war in Asia.”. --The Great Vizzini
Russia's an Asian nation? Btw many colonial powers had their pieces in Asia for nearly/more than a century, particularly the Brits(colonized Hong Kong and Malaya), Dutch (colonized Indonesia) and Spaniards (colonized Philippines).
@@zennoix9984 Your're right. Russia is only partly (about 75%) an Asian nation. Also, Napoleon's Grande Armée did not penetrate Russia far enough for the attack to be considered a land war in Asia. But, I've got to say that the same principle applies here. Even though the French supply effort was greater than in any of their earlier campaigns, it was still foolish to pick a fight far from home, with extended supply lines over a great area of land, difficult roads/no roads, often surrounded by hostile territory during the invasion and the retreat.
Germany combined with Austria-Hungary beat them in ww1. People say the revolution is why they lost but if you look at the military campaigns it’s pretty clear Germany had them beat regardless
@@rhysnichols8608 not “regardless”. They might have beaten them in several battles but thats literally what ALWAYS happens. If not for Revolution germany would have being beaten (as it was anyway) after invading into Russian Empire and getting into war of attrition.
BUT OBLY SLIGHTLY LESS KNOWN IS THIS! NEVER GO IN AGAINST A SICILIAN WHEN *DEATH* IS ON THE LINE!
More movies about that period !
LKVideos They are still there. In bits and pieces. We don't want them.
but Everytime we turn the earth we get a reminder...
LKVideos Le Colonel Chabert (1994) begins with the aftermath of one of these gruesome, Napoleonic battles...
I enjoyed 'Sharpe's Rifles', and its naval counterpart 'Hornblower'.
waterloo on youtube
@@imtherain I know all the classic movies, but they should make new ones.
Hah, as if those other cossacks would have ran off XD
They probably sent the drunk one to get a laugh out of it.
@Mists & Shadows Cossacks eating people? WWII Svoiet troops cannibalizing? Maaaan, whatever bullshit they think of just to demonize the opposing forces.
But seriously, stalking from "frozen mists" and blizzards? Are you sure that's not about White Walkers? =) Cossacks in our army was just a light cavalry, hit an run tactics is working very well against a running army.
@@FreelancerND Yeah some people like to make their own fantasy and call it history. 'Cannibal Cossak hiding in the blizzard " They were also riding Mammoths i guess.
@Mists & Shadows - I don't know who you are, but you got to be one of the two: accomplished moron or total idiot.
@@solwen Dragons...had to be cannibalistic Imperial dragons....
@Mists & Shadows You're a complete idiot, and history learns from the stories and stories of idiots like you.If you follow your reasoning, the Russians on their way to Paris in 1814 and on their way to Berlin in 1945 ate half of Europe. The filmmakers did not even bother to find out what form the Cossacks were in, they did not wear cassocks and did not wear such headdresses.
is the frozen man at the end Ferurard's friend?? He looked to be that staunch quiet fellow that follows Feraurd around throughout the film. Looks as if he survived everything but the cold.
Yes
Yep. It's a great shot that shows D'Hubert knew that Faraud was nearby because he found his henchman's frozen corpse.
You guys have a damned sharp eye. I’ve seen this movie at least a dozen times over the decades and never noticed that. I’ve only ever wondered why they didn’t cover up the pink on his face to make him seem more frozen and dead.
why do you think feraud went off? to scout for lousy cossacks? or find his friend that never showed up to camp after march or a watch? he found his friend, then he left.
@ oh wowwww
Less of "The Duelists" as "The Duelist" or more accurately "The Dick" The guy took being one to new heights of excellence with his murderous trolling for duels.
"Better off Dead" - Newspaper boy wants his two dollars. Pretty much the exact same movie.
d'Hubert's a fine officer, and a gentleman.
He offended me! I demand an apology or I will chase him down the street like a chicken!
This movie is so great. When is History Buffs going to review this dammit!
@Isaac Mounce Sources are cringe anyways
@Isaac Mounce ‘history buffs’ isnt a historian.. he’s an entertainer on youtube. No references needed.
Could care less if he ever did, his tone and overall demeanor are annoying.
@Isaac Mounce nowadays in modern media you have a lot of liars basing their lies on liars. You may disagree but I don't think you should be baffled by the concept.
Invading Russia: always a fantastic idea.
Mongols managed to pull it off...
@@NUFCMVFC also poland cough cough
To be honest it worked several times........
@@jeanlatronche9133 All these Mongols, Crimean Tatars, Poles, Lithuanians, French and Germans, when they managed to reach Moscow, later bitterly regretted that they had done so.
@@grigol101 What are you talking about? The Mongols invaded from the east and controlled all of Russia for about 30 years before splintering and the splintered nations continuing to rule there for several years more.
And with Poland, it would be another 50 years before Poland-Lithuania ever lost any wars against Russia, with many victorious wars in between.
There seriously needs to be a HBO series on the Grand Army's retreat out of Russia.
That never happened
From Austerlitz to Waterloo ;
The great charge of Eylau
How with 500 men Antoine Lassale took Stetin defended by 10 000 fresh and well equiped prussian .
the tragic death and heroic life of Jean Lannes .
and so many more acts of bravery .
Vive L'Empereur !!!
@@goodstuff8156 explain
ruSSias retreat from Ukraine will be worse.
In 2022 it would be some how about lgtb politics and the oppression of the patriarchy, I'll pas until wokeism is purged from our society.
This movie is epic. Would have been fantastic if there were portraited some minutes of napoleonic battles.
The best movie of it's type I've ever seen.
Every scene in this movie is like a portrait
The scenes conjure up very convincing vignettes of life in early 19th century Europe, don't they?
The lighting in each scene is fantastic!
This scene is like a combination of Barry Lyndon and The Shining.
How did we get from duelists to Napoleon 😭
The duelists was a pretty silly movie in many ways, most of Ridley Scott's movies are. The cheese factor just manifests itself differently in his films.
Russian campaign what a mistake ..what a tragedy ...but the film is awesome !
Thx god or I'd still speak french :P
maritia All war is a pointless tragedy.
Fred Miller Give me one good war.
Every war is unnecessary for at least one side.
I am glad that I am from Russia. You are laughing over my country, and there maybe some reasons for it, but She finally wins laughing enemies, history facts prooved that.
I can imagine Ridley Scott telling the crew, "Okay, we've got exactly one day to film this scene then we're getting the hell out of Dodge."
Love. This. Movie. Every shot is an oil painting.
An absolutely incorrect representation of both the nature of Russia and the Cossacks. The nature of Russia is forests and not such icy deserts, and the Cossacks did not look like bandits in fur hats, they had their own special uniform, but here they look like pirates.
Именно так и выглядела униформа казаков того времени. И огромные поля в России тоже есть. Не только леса 😂
@@mcluskyok1608 поля есть но в фильме реальная тундра с сопками, какая нафиг тундра под Смоленском? )))
@@AntonReut ну да, пейзаж похож на северные широты) если бы Наполеон пошёл на Питер, то подошло бы) но он туда не поперся
I enjoyed this movie first run in our local theater. Loved it because I had just trained on Olympic sabre fencing. Got the rare DVD.
I saw this movie couple years ago and the philmtography is so good I thought it had been recently released. I was very surprised to find out it was made in the 70s
Philmtography made me chuckle
It was a masterpiece of a film !!!
Saw this film yesterday for first time. Great film
I love the subtle innuendo of the other two hussars setting odd's on which of these two would kill each other first.
I think they were too far away. The Russian who approached and was killed may not have realised they were about to duel - he probably thought, "Ha! Demoralised French stragglers!" He then decided to mock them. His last mistake...
Im not Russian but undrstand that he says: "are you hungry" in very very bad russian spelling.
вы голодны?
I'm russian, and i didn't understand a Word before i saw your comment.
@Inthe Garbage You're dumb.
I@inthe garbage.Because the other guys heading up the hill to Ambush them one of the duelist are in a high rank.
Есть хотите?
Thanks Napoléon for this wonderful winter trip !
One of the most beautiful film ever made. Stop it almost anywhere. Cut it, print it and put it on your wall.
I think this is a pretty good microcosm of the last steps of the retreat, the French army is exhausted but fighting back with its last strength, the Russians are ever present just a little way away looking to prey on stragglers. It's not often mentioned but by the time of the retreat even the Russians were using largely conscripts to fight as so many soldiers had been lost facing Napoleon before and they sufferred from winter almost as much as Napoleon's Grand Armee. This is why it was very wise of Kutusov to hold back his main forces from attacking Napoleon on the retreat and to instead quarter his conventional forces and let the Rugged Cossacks and the winter finish Napoleon. Chichagov went for a conventional battle at the Berezina of the and whilst he won, the French were still able to get away and he took 10,000 Russian casualties that were completely unnecessary to lose. One reason if prefer kutusov he understood war better in my eyes. 1. Kutosov 2. Suvorov 3. Chichagov 4. Wittgenstein 5. Poor Bennigsen
Hide this one from Ridley Scott before he retroactively ruins this too.
@@aduantas Alien being ruined by Prometheus and Alien Covenant
@@Echelon030 how is it ruined? What didnt you like?
This is the film that got me interested in fencing as a child. I was lucky to have a French teacher later in high school a few years later that would teach us a little fencing as a reward to doing well on test in her class. After that I tried a little in college. I have always had a love of blades ever since those days, be it long blades or short.
That scene where he looks at the dead frozen guy always give me the heeby jeebies. He was alive and messing around before but now look he just a dead frozen guy.
Beautifully filmed
Это был ноябрь. Едва приморозило. А тут изобразили как будто по Антарктиде шли.
Хм…. В 1941 году в ноябре было холодно. Самая низкая температура воздуха (-16.8°) была 13 ноября. Самая высокая температура воздуха (6.5°) была 2 ноября.
In hell, this 0:55 guy is laughing at everything you do.
I love Harvey Keitel but I also love to hate his evil characters
This isn't a missed duel. Both of them are all wrapped up in their silly code of honor, which the movie previously states forbids them from dueling in times of war. D'Hubert offered to go with to try to make some kind of peace. The staredown in the snow was to make the audience question whether they would fight regardless (or whether either one would just murder the other) and of course neither would happen because code.
I used to watch this movie all the time. It's engrossing. Ridley Scott's first 3 movies: The Duellists, Alien, Blade Runner. No other director will ever have a run like that, ever.
Una escena de esta magnífica película en la que estos dos hombres debieron pelear juntos ante un enemigo común, como fue este cosaco ruso que interrumpiría su duelo privado. Un filme clásico en todos los sentidos que ahora es de culto por lo bien planteado que es su argumento y escenificación.
Russian cossack: do you want some beef jerky?
Didn't matter if they weren't in the same regiment or even division at that point. Napoleon's Grand Army had been reduced to a mob of the survivors of dozens of shattered regiments as it tried to get back to Poland. The only distinction among the living was who was waiting to die and who was still trying to live.
People forget that the Grande Armee began a slow process of dying during the high summer and within 100 miles of its initial crossing of the Russian border long before winter or roving Cossacks became a problem. Thousands of pack and cavalry horses died from poor fodder and exhaustion and troops ran through their rations and found nothing to live off in the countryside, yet, were still expected to do at least 20 miles a day on the imaginary Russian roads during the summer heat.
@@dpeasehead Some improvised sunglasses from bits of broken wine bottle to cope with the hot dusty Russian roads in summer. The army was bleeding out from disease and desertion well before Borodino, much less before the retreat.
@@stevekaczynski3793 Very true, More died on the way in, during summer, than on the way out, during winter.
So many fine troops wasted in that Russian campaign. Troops that could have been better used to invade that pesky pirate island called England.
lol, kinda impossible, the British Navy was clearly superior to the French's in the 18th century.
exorder2005 Napoleon actually toyed with the idea of invading England from the air using hot air balloons, even flirted with the idea of digging a tunnel underneath the channel.
But yes, the Post-Revolutionary French navy clearly was inferior to the RN but you'll be surprised that the French royal navy more than held its own against the RN. The French navy defeated the RN during the American Revolution after all. There was also a brief time in the mid 1600s when the French navy was actually on its way to the top after the reforms by Richelieu and Courbet. TheFrench navy annihilated both the Dutch and English fleet at Beachyhead in 1653. The victory was so decisive that the French navy had complete control of the English channel for a time. Unfortunately France failed to capitalize, If they had, a French invasion fleet would have invaded England virtually unopposed with William trapped in Ireland.
exorder2005 I doubt the British navy would have stopped an entire invasion fleet...
+gobanito As we say "Turned out nice again!!" :-)
+gobanito It's on it's way
"Pistols, next time?" Gotta love the sarcasm.
this movie is so fucking beautiful man
A timeless bad idea: "Let's fight a short and decisive war in Russia."
and the music's Brilliant
In severely cold conditions never drink high alcohol content drinks that have reached temperature equilibrium with the environment because the freezing temperature of high alcohol content drinks is far too low to Safely consume at very cold temperatures.
I'm sure he kept the flask tucked into his coat. Schnapps seems to have wonderful restorative properties internally and externally. General Blucher dressed his wounds with bandages doused with schnapps and drank it as a health tonic. The man was in his 70's leading an army in an age men usually didn't live that long with wounds to boot also.
It's not really that what is most damaging about alchohol in the cold, but the fact it stimulates blood flow in the upper part of the skin. Which in turn makes you feel more comfortable as your skin warms. However it at the same time increases the temperature difference between air and skin, which causes skin to bleed heat out faster and thus actually cools your body down. It's like turning your skin into radiator- you're going to lose body heat faster than if it was only warm enough to not freeze or suffer serious damage.
At this point, the French army was broken. I don't think these Cossacks expected them to put up any fight.
Feraud knows how to hold a grudge. Good Lord.
Total French troops that made it back across the Niemen:
1,000 armed infantry, 9 cannon, 20,000 stragglers, 2 kings, 1 prince and 8 marshals. The Russians hadnt fared any better in pursuit: Kutuzov's 100,000 were reduced to 35,000 and of Wittgenstein's 50,000 some 15,000 remained.
Source please. Those numbers sound a little on the small side.
Numbers are pretty much correct for actual soldiers. A small part of the baggage train remained as well and made up the rest.
@@danlorett2184 There were also Austrian and Prussian contingents that barely entered Russia at all and when they saw what was happening to the rest of the Grande Armée they changed sides, fighting the French the next year. The Prussians reached agreement with the Russians in the convention of Tauroggen. Technically they were part of the Grande Armée but in reality hardly took part in the campaign and are often not included among its survivors in the somewhat different casualty estimates there are.
So many already got killed before they even fired their first shot in the campaign.
Correct according to French historical records, but with a caveat: straggler figures are approximate because many turned up months after, including remnants that fought later in France.
Such a cool and grim part of this fantastic film.
"Pistols next time" the balls it takes to imagine you are going to survive that situation
One of my favorite movie a masterpiece
It's summer and I feel cold watching this.
Too many hills, too little snow for Russia.
How is it the same person who wrote and directed this also did so for Napoleon?
Feeling the love here.
When I first saw this movie, I thought the movie house's projector was broken. This is because of the odd skylines throughout the film.
that guy at the end that is about to freeze to death. Is that Ferand's man?
It is, we see him during the duels.
Man Joel kinnamen is immortal
For some reason I doubt that flintlock would've gone off in that kind of weather. A wet frizzen with a breeze...its a miracle that thing went off.
Apparently the Cossack was thinking the same thing.
There was alot of chivalry back in this period. Technological leverage was a minor factor and bladed weapons were always kept on hand if the firelock failed the musketeer. There was one case of Marshal Murat charging alone into a whole group of Cossacks and demanding that they turn around and leave the field. This they did after seeing his sword gleaming in the sun and realized he meant business.
you underestimate the Flintlock. Also, freezing cold and snow dont exactly count as "wet"
*****
even if you dropped it into the snow...snow isnt a liquid :)
*****
You're a metabolizing, warm-blooded living being with a body temperature of well above 30°C.
If 'you put your hand in some snow', your body heat will naturally melt the Snow.
A flintlock pistol is an inanimate object made from iron/steel, wood and brass. It tends to be roughly the same temperature as the environment. If it is freezing cold, the pistol will most likely be freezing cold as well.
If Napoleon hadn't been Emperor he'd have been sacked after 1812 for being responsible for such a massive cockup.
The commentary on the DVD explains it was shot in Scotland, and because "the state was at war, private duels were forbidden". The other two reasons being, in different places, and of different ranks.
Seems a little short sighted to freeze to death while leaning against a wagon made of wood.
Sometimes people get frozen in the middle of a winter forest. They keep walking and than make a decision to sit for a couple of moments and have some rest.
Cossak horseman: Haha, you want some meat? Haha.
These guys: Well you seem fresh enough
Cossack: Wha?... Gets Shot!
I wonder why three Cossack horsemen were scared of two foot soldiers with pistols, and even after they fired off their pistols, which means they became unarmed. The Cossacks fled without avenging the murder of their own
Cossack of that time were more looters than soldiers.
@@BaronUltimo where did you get that info? Cossacs were in the army,forming regiments and so on. Its a stupid thing to say that they were looters. Just like saying that the whole russian army had nothing to do but to loot and run.
@@amaterasu7532 I have read the book "Moscow 1812" by Adam Zamoyski, who cites several eyewitness reports about Cossack attacks. In the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Cossack fighters were far more irregular than in later times.
@@BaronUltimo this talk is worthless anyway, 'cause the russians in the scene are not cossacks,they are hussars. You can easily see that looking at the man's uniform.
@@amaterasu7532 Correct.
I’m sure there are no mountains between Moscow and Paris.
French Engineer soldiers built a crossing point over an icy river... As they got out of the water they died...their bodies unable to survive the terrible cold they had endured. Soldiers found the cheap buttons on their trousers fell apart in the cold so the couldnt keep clothes together. I had read that they dropped their trousers to take a dump and their bowel froze...
Grim.......
I read about that, I think it was mentioned in Baron de Marbot's book about how those guys were up to their necks in a freezing river building a bridge and then died when they came out of the water. He also mentioned how the general staff ordered all of the field forges to be destroyed during the retreat but some stubborn lower level engineer commander disobeyed and his men dragged theirs on sleds while starving through the winter terrain and it later became instrumental in getting the remnants of the Grande Armée across a river.
as I recall they were a dutch engineer brigade
I have never watched the movie but this scene makes it feel like one of those survival movies were things just go wrong and wrong and then they die in some horrific way lol
Great movie.👍
Stalingrad 1993 surely took some inspiration from this depicting the coldness
Why did they shoot their seconds?
To make cossaks runing away.
Winter is the best excuse for the beaten French and their allies. And in general, when the Russians learned French in the 19th century, they defeated the French and entered Paris. In the 20th century it was fashionable to learn German. We defeated the Germans and their allies in Europe. Entered Berlin. Now you should think about it, since we started learning English.
You were not the only ones to defeat the Germans during WWII…
By the way, Germany declared war on USSR (not Russia) during WWII, but no one declared war on you recently , so why do you want to enter London or Washington ? That is very strange.
Best film Sccott has ever made!
Damn, was that last guys still alive?
No he just asleep.
trivia the real history of these two base on two real men "other names" is far more bizarre ,.. over 20 duels and ended exactly as the movie portrays.
I would have sworn the Cossack was saying "Don't let me stop you!"
No he said are you hungry do you want some meat
No!, he said he’s so thirsty.
Love this film ❤❤
Ridley Scott made this film and then said: that was the last time I make a historically accurate movie
3:08 dead frozen guy - that moves.
Nowhere in Russia, where Napoleon was, you can find such a landscape. In Belorus, where this is meant to be set (they speak about the Neman river) the land is absolutely flat and it's just fields and forests.
ok.
what do you suggest then. transport all the movie set from usa to belarus. director need snowy athmosphere and the cheapest way was to go to nearest mountain...
@@serdarbozkurt8544 kind my thought also.
Not a accurate portrayal but note worthy in in its transcribing the cold lifelessness of the area.
Им там вроде по какой-то причине пришлось в Шотландии снимать, не доехали они до Белоруссии