Too many fans seem to be blown away

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Quite fortunately I've found the official DVD with this trilogy in one of our stores for a very funny price. It is one of my most successful buys to be sure.The film itself is brilliant. It connects the power of music, singing, costume design, and powerful performance of all the actors. As far as I remember the original book, our production follows the novel in a very strict and attentive manner (e.g. the scene of the execution is here - compare to the lame American Walt-Disney version where the woman - you should know who - is jumping off the cliff instead of being beheaded).The songs are so memorable that I cannot just wash them from my memory - and I don't want to.The range of the emotions in this movie is simply vast: from silly clownish slapstick to tragic anxiety and woe. The songs and music never interfere but help the action to go smoothly and delicately. The whole story may seem a bit childish (the main characters survive in any situation and kick villains' asses quite often) but it never gets pathetic. And this is a sign of quality.The film is free from blood (though I like the punched and scratched look of D'Artagnan's face in the beginning of the film - right after his foolish and cocky running-about) and there is no other mature material. At the same time the content is very serious and not to see that solemn layer below the music and lyrics is a rude mistake.Mr Mikhail Boyarsky is the best D'Artagnan (I don't give a damn about the "notorious" age inconsistency). Just have a look at the drastic change of his character after the second episode. Mr Venyamin Smekhov is the best Athos and so on and so forth. Everybody is in the right place playing the right role and doing it rightly. And, just to add, I like the depiction of Cardinal Richelieu - he's simply amazing. While this position (Cardinal) was never intended in Christianity, it deserves such witty mockery. Bravo to Mr Aleksandr Trofimov! I wish such masters as Mr Charlie Chaplin, Mr Buster Keaton, and Mr Norman Wisdom could have seen this movie. I am quite certain that they would have loved it. One of our unbeatable classics. Right now I'm humming the melodies of this adventure gem...10 out of 10 - the best musketeers ever. Thank you for attention.

This particular movie, unlike many others of its kind, shows a deep and long lasting friendship, respect and love. I have seen this movie countless times and undoubtedly will watch it again. This movie doesn't age. Its characters stay with you forever. After seeing this version of "The Three Musketeers" I cannot watch any other. They all seem to lack the most imprtant thing, the one that the author wrote the book about - friendship. Most movies of this kind concentrate on the fighting and numerous stunts. I read "The Three Musketeers" and all the books that followed it numerous times. It makes me laugh when I watch American version of this movie. In "D'Artanyan" the cast is superb. The actors match their characters perfectly. The storyline follows the book, which is what I can't say about Anerican version. Growing up, my friends and I dreamed of meeting such D'Artanyan some day.... The movie was partly shot in the city where I used to live and it's true-streets became dead when the movie was shown. The next day, kids in school tried to re-enact the scenes. This movie relates the life in those times, just like the book.

I was born when this movie came out, so I saw it much later. Some times even now in my twenties I take out that film and watch it. The movie is very simple; it is about good and evil, adventure and misfortune. The whole romanticism with being a hero, a true hero. It is an absolute escape from the reality, but that is what it supposed to be.Even now when we go camping with my friends we always sing the memorable songs from this movie.The silliest and most ironic part about the movie is the duet between de'Treville and d'Artagnan, where de'Treville sings, "How old are you my child?" and d'Artagnan (Boyarski with huge mustache and is about 30-35) answers back, "I am 18 years old!" That is the greatest silliness.

I am not a huge fan of musical comedies, musical action films or musical romances, and this movie is all of it in one. One should expect the characters to break into a song at any time during the movie as it is basically a filmed operette, loosely wrapped around the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas. Think 'The King and I' in Russian. Nothing unusual, however, for many Russian movies of the time. Songs were probably the only and the best sound effect available to Soviet directors back then.However, in this particular movie everything fits in pretty nicely. Boyarsky's good looks (I dare anyone to find a better D'Artagnan in any film), Tabakov's silliness as Louis XIII, even Terekhova's acting as Milady. Credit is due to Yungvald-Khilkevich for putting it all together. The songs, written just for the movie, fit perfectly into the plot, and have become Russian classics, instantly recognized by anyone even now, 20 years later (pun intended).The action sequences are quite good, the cinematography is beautiful, Porthos is lovable, Constance is a knockout. What else do you want from a musketeer movie?