Les mousquetaires de la reine (1903)
June 13, 1903Release Date
Plot.
Before going to war with his neighbors, the King reviews his men. The Queen's Musketeer's, who number only young men, are proclaimed the best drilled and most skillful of his soldiers. These young men manoeuvre in front of the King, Queen and the Court, and perform the most difficult tactics. This subject will be much enjoyed and appreciated by any audience.
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Release DateJune 13, 1903
StatusReleased
Wiki.
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 short silent film by Georges Méliès.The film was likely derived from Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers, and is an early example of costume drama in French cinema. Méliès appeared in the film; a production still survives at the Cinémathèque Française that shows him at the far left.The film was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 460–461 in its catalogues. It is currently presumed lost.