The Duellists
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1977 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Director | Ridley Scott |
| Cast | Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox |
| Genre | Historical drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Duellists | – |
| Español | Los duelistas | Los duelistas |
| Français | Les Duellistes | Les Duellistes |
| Deutsch | Die Duellisten | Die Duellisten |
| Português | Os Duelistas | Os Duelistas |
| Italiano | I duellanti | I duellanti |
| Русский | Дуэлянты | Duelianty |
| 中文（简体） | 决斗者 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 決鬥者 | – |
| 한국어 | 결투자들 | Gyeoltujadeul |
| ไทย | The Duellists | – |
| Tiếng Việt | The Duellists | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Duellists | – |
| 日本語 | デュエリスト/決闘者 | Dyuerisuto Kettōsha |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which personal honor and obsessive repetition collide within a militarized aristocratic code.
■ Synopsis
Two officers in Napoleonic France are drawn into a series of duels that outlast reason, history, and personal life.
■ RECIPE Tags
#HonorObsession #RitualViolence #AristocraticCode #IdentityFixation
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Insult as destiny
Reason: A minor affront becomes a binding code that determines the rest of both men’s lives.
Related Film: Barry Lyndon - Middle: Ritual over reason
Reason: The duel continues long after practical meaning has disappeared.
Related Film: The Last Duel - Core: Identity trapped in conflict
Reason: One man cannot exist without the repeated enemy who confirms his self-image.
Related Film: The Prestige
■ Secondary Axes
- History as background force: Private obsession persists while political eras rise and collapse around it.
Related Film: The Leopard - Masculine code as prison: Honor becomes a structure that compels self-destruction rather than dignity.
Related Film: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
■ Person
- Director: Ridley Scott
- Cast: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox
■ Structural Tags
#RitualConflict #HonorEntrapment #ObsessiveRepetition
■ Attribute Tags
#BritishCinema #1977Film #HistoricalDramaFilm
