The Duellists
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The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film which is the directorial debut of Ridley Scott. Set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, the film focuses on a series of duels between two rival
American theatrical release poster
The last duel takes place in a ruin, with each combatant armed with two pistols.
Painting of Napoleon in exile on Saint Helena
François Fournier-Sarlovèze, the basis for Feraud
Ridley Scott
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Sir Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker. His work includes science fiction, crime, and historical epic films, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott is the eighth-highest-gro
The Duellists
…The Duellists is a 1977 British historical drama film which is the directorial debut of Ridley Scott. Set in France during the Napoleonic Wars, the film focuses on a series of duels between two rival officers, the obsessive Bonapartist Gabriel Feraud…
Scott in 2025
Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, where Scott filmed the 1973 Hovis television commercial
Portrait of Scott in Berlin in 2005 by German photographer Oliver Mark
Scott speaking with Prometheus stars Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on 17 March 2012