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Fencing Contest from “The Three Musketeers”
(1898) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: (unknown)

British Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by [?] British Mutoscope & Biograph Company? / From the novel Les Trois mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Dumas (père). / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The first film adaptation of the play. The play was subsequently filmed as Les Trois mousquetaires (1903).

Drama: Historical.

Synopsis: Fencing scene excerpt from a stage play version of The Three Musketeers.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Authors: Alexandre Dumas

Listing updated: 3 June 2010.

References: Gifford-British n. 00141.