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By the Sword

  • 1991
  • R
  • 1h 31min
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By the Sword (1991)
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Un anciano llamado Max acude al famoso entrenador de esgrima Villar y le pide que lo tome como entrenador. Pero al entrenador no le gusta su técnica con las armas y sólo acepta a Max como li... Leer todoUn anciano llamado Max acude al famoso entrenador de esgrima Villar y le pide que lo tome como entrenador. Pero al entrenador no le gusta su técnica con las armas y sólo acepta a Max como limpiador.Un anciano llamado Max acude al famoso entrenador de esgrima Villar y le pide que lo tome como entrenador. Pero al entrenador no le gusta su técnica con las armas y sólo acepta a Max como limpiador.

  • Dirección
    • Jeremy Kagan
  • Guionistas
    • James Donadio
    • John McDonald
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    • F. Murray Abraham
    • Eric Roberts
    • Mia Sara
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    • Dirección
      • Jeremy Kagan
    • Guionistas
      • James Donadio
      • John McDonald
    • Elenco
      • F. Murray Abraham
      • Eric Roberts
      • Mia Sara
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    F. Murray Abraham
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    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Villard
    Mia Sara
    Mia Sara
    • Clavelli
    Christopher Rydell
    Christopher Rydell
    • Trebor
    Elaine Kagan
    Elaine Kagan
    • Rachel
    Brett Cullen
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    Peter Cohl
    • Calder
    Stephen Polk
    Stephen Polk
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    Jonathan Strauss
    • Son
    Diane Erickson
    • Woman
    John Sheehan
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      • Jeremy Kagan
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      • James Donadio
      • John McDonald
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    9Jonathan-9

    Slow burning fuse to a large keg of gunpowder

    Normally, I like Leonard Maltin and can sympathise with his reviews but he seems to have watched a different film here entirely. It is not really a revenge story, "by-the-numbers" or otherwise. There is a man with a mission here but cheap vengeance isn't his goal. The leads do an excellent job of portraying antagonistic personalities coming slowly to the boil in the claustrophobic world of the fencing salon as the characters evolve. And they do evolve.

    As for Errol Flynn doing it better, that is a fatuous comment in the extreme. Apart from his swordfight on the beach with Basil Rathbone in "Captain Blood", his fencing always looked very stagy to me. The last fight in "By the Sword", by contrast, is the single most vicious fencing combat I've ever seen. It is the only time I have ever had the impression that the combatants actually intend to kill one another. A brilliantly choreographed sequence.
    7blakduke

    not for professional fencers

    Hey, so the fencing is a bit hokey. The movie is "not" about fencing, if it were we would all be asleep in 10 minutes. I have fenced on and off for over 30 years so I know a little bit about it. I would rather watch something like this than any fencing bout ever put on. So all you purists out there, lighten up. Like the movie for what it is, don't dis-like it for what it isn't. The story was not about fencing, the fencing was only a backdrop to the story.
    10mxsuba26

    If you are looking for a fencing movie, this is it.

    How many films are about fencing? Very very few. The Princess Bride, Three Musketeers and Zorro, etc. are often listed as such but that is not fencing. That is sword fighting. This film is about sport fencing. It is set in a real fencing club or salle, with the old school roll up grounded strips circa early 70's and includes many scenes of fencing, including group and individual lessons along with electric epee fencing. In addition, there are scenes of the armory room and the rows of stored weapons in the club. If you are looking for a film loaded with fencing, this is really it.

    Sure, the fencing leaves something to be desired and the acting varies especially among the student fencers. The fencing in the movie is fairly realistic. Fencing now is more wild, faster and athletic. But nearly 30 years ago it was more controlled which is shown in the bouts. Eric Roberts, a non-fencer, does a pretty good job anyhow even mixing French commands with English in his lessons. F. Murray Abraham, who is in really good shape in this film, also impresses during a few scene where he is taking a saber lesson and epee fencing. There are a few hokey scenes and two love stories tacked on, one of which is used to help show how one how the maestro, a former champion, is grooming his top student to become like him - driven to win at all costs with no feelings for others. The brutality of Roberts during his lessons with his top students - he often wacks them with the side of his weapon's blade when they foul up - is not unheard of. This was very commonly done among the old European coaches to their students. Corporal punishment for mistakes during a lesson got the point across quickly to the students.

    The fencing equipment and uniforms are correct. F. Murray's fencing outfit is a bit dated. He wears an old school waste length (pre electric scoring) saber jacket, a really old Castello or Santelli mask and brown knickers. But he does get it done. There is a funny scene if you catch it. When F. Murray is shown crossing the busy NYC street to go to work a the salle as the janitor, he is carrying a blue Adidas shoe-box. Thereafter he is shown wearing the very old style Adidas fencing shoes in nearly every scene, even while he is just the janitor in the club and later when he is coaching the new students.

    It is a bit predictable with the final fight scene, but it ends well. If you want a movie that is about the sport of fencing and a lot of it. this is about your only choice. There is the foreign movie The Fencer that came out a couple years ago. Have not seen it.
    10tekky-2

    Great combination of mystery and skilled acting

    This movie fascinated me from the very beginning. It revolves around the sport of fencing, but the plot has little to do with fencing and more to do with crime & punishment, retribution and forgiveness, and the meaning of success. Eric Roberts plays a skilled but haughty owner of a fencing school, just like his dear old (deceased) dad. F. Murray Abraham is the mystery man, who is apparently making a new start in a new town and who applies to be a fencing teacher at the school. Although Roberts quickly discerns that Abraham is not "up to snuff" for a teacher and hires him as a janitor, Roberts fails to recognize the inevitable result of years away from a sport that requires daily attention. Over the course of the film, Roberts & Abraham flesh out their characters nicely as the viewer discovers who Abraham really is while watching Roberts' character discover himself and finally learn a lesson that was stunted by tragedy in his boyhood. Like any movie about a sport, I'm sure there were fencing "flaws," but it was believable enough to me to make watching it intriguing (and sometimes tiring!). There's quite a lot of action for this movie that only has 3 sets, too! Get a bag of popcorn and settle in for a good flick.
    8denny-32

    Talented Actors Rise To The Occasion

    I thought this movie was very good for several reasons. The first was that the plot was woven very well around a sport that does not receive much attention, fencing. I know very little about fencing but this was a good introduction. It is almost an artform, and the aura of the training school added another dimension. Having novices being taught fencing allowed the viewer to pick up on the basics.

    Secondly was the casting. Eric Roberts in my opinion is one of the best actors going around and pairing him up with F. Murray Abraham, you really can't go wrong acting wise. The supporting cast was merely there to add to the plot and to help develop some atmosphere.

    Without giving too much away, this is a movie about revenge that chips away at the start through flashbacks but builds to an inevitable but pulsing showdown. Eric Roberts plays the part of an egotistical past fencing champion and present training supremo. F Murray Abraham is a man with a hidden past, linked to fencing that you feel must come out sooner or later.

    The action scenes involving fencing were admirable and while people take acting for granted, for both the afore mentioned actors to handle foils as they did would indicate they had some previous understanding of the sport.

    I don't think I am giving too much away by saying F. Murray Abrahams character Max, in addition to attempting to break in as a fencing instructor is also taking cautious steps in trying to establish relationship ties after being incarcerated for a very long period.

    All in all a very pleasing time filler, that also exhibited the hustle and bustle of the city it was filmed in, despite most of the action taking place inside the training school for aspiring fencers.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 23 de septiembre de 1993 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idioma
      • Inglés
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      • El desafío
    • Locaciones de filmación
      • Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
    • Productoras
      • Film Horizon
      • Foil Productions Inc.
      • The Movie Group
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    • Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 6,220
    • Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
      • USD 4,078
      • 26 sep 1993
    • Total a nivel mundial
      • USD 6,220
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