Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
- fencing
- cossack
- napoleonic wars
- based on short story
- pistol duel
- sword duel
- 19th century
- waterloo
- strasbourg
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Keith Carradine
Armand d'Hubert
Harvey Keitel
Gabriel Feraud
Albert Finney
Joseph Fouché
Edward Fox
Colonel Perteley
- Cristina Raines — Adèle
- Robert Stephens — Brigadier-General Treillard
- Tom Conti — Dr. Jacquin
- John McEnery — Amiable Second
- Diana Quick — Laura
- Alun Armstrong — Lieutenant Lacourbe
- Maurice Colbourne — Tall Second
- Gay Hamilton — Maid
- Meg Wynn Owen — Léonie
- Jenny Runacre — Mme. de Lionne
- Alan Webb — Chevalier du Rivarol
- Directed
- Ridley Scott
- Written
- Joseph Conrad, Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 652 ratings
- Studio
- Enigma Productions, Paramount Pictures, Scott Free Productions, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC)
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
