MOVIE · 1977

The Duellists

DramaWar100 min

In 1800, a perceived insult between two French Army lieutenants becomes a feud that follows them through the rise and fall of Napoleon. Harvey Keitel's Gabriel Feraud is a volatile Bonapartist officer who refuses to let the matter die, while Keith Carradine is Armand d'Hubert, the more restrained rival drawn into repeated contests of sword and pistol. As campaigns, promotions, and the failed invasion of Russia reorder Europe, their private code of honor keeps pulling them back to the field. Ridley Scott's debut places the duels against the shifting politics and uniforms of early-19th-century France.