''The Three Musketeers'' (French: ) is a 1932 French

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directed by

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and starring

Aimé Simon-Girard Aimé Simon-Girard (20 March 1889 – 15 July 1950) was a French film actor. He was the son of the tenor Nicholas Simon-Max and the soprano Juliette Simon-Girard. He played a leading role as d'Artagnan in the silent film ''Les Trois Mousqu ...

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and

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.The film is an adaptation of

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's 1844 novel ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...

'', and was the first version to be as a

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. It was shot at the

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of Eclair in

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Marc Lauer. It is a remake of Diamant-Berger's own silent film-series ''

'' (1921), again with

and

as D'Artagnan and Athos.Maund, & Nanson p.187

Plot

Cast

References

Bibliography

* K. L. Maund & Phil Nanson. ''The Four Musketeers: The True Story of D'Artagnan, Porthos, Aramis & Athos''. Tempus, 2005.

External links

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