History Film / LeCapitaineFracasse

* AntiVillain: The duke of Vallombreuse (played by [[Creator/GerardBarray Gérard Barray]]). Instead of being purely an [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrat]], he is a rather misguided man who suffered of ParentalNeglect and lets his passions take over rational thinking. He survives being ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice and gets a chance at redemption at the end.

See also the 1990 film adaptation, ''Film/CaptainFracassasJourney''.

* DueToTheDead: Matamore dies of malnutrition and cold. He is buried by the troupe on a roadside, as theatre actors were excommunicated by the Church and thus forbidden to be buried in cemeteries.

* TitleDrop: Following Sigognac's foolish and fearless jump in action against the Gypsy couple who attacked the troupe's convoy and put dummies on the roadside to look like they were more numerous, Léandre compares Sigognac to the "Capitaine Fracasse", one of the French names for the Commedia dell'Arte's Captain. Sigognac then adopts that moniker on stage.

''Le Capitaine Fracasse'' (''Captain Fracassa'') is a 1961 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed and written by Pierre Gaspard-Huit, [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the novel of the same name]] by Théophile Gautier.

* WarriorPoet: Sigognac writes verses, and he's a matchless swordsman. Although, he also writes bad poetry, by his own admission.

* NiceGuy: Even if he's an ImpoverishedPatrician, Sigognac is good at heart.

* VillainousCrush: The duke of Vallombreuse fancies Isabelle... and she doesn't return it. It doesn't stop him and he sets out to kidnap her, then [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty locks her in his castle]]. She keeps rejecting his advances, and he enjoys it. Worse is that [[IncestantAdmirer she's his half-sister]], although he doesn't know it.

* VillainousCrush: The duke of Vallombreuse fancies Isabelle... and she doesn't return it. It doesn't stop him and he sets out to kidnap her, then [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty locks her in his castle]]. She keeps rejecting his advances, and he [[YouGotSpunk enjoys it]]. Worse is that [[IncestantAdmirer she's his half-sister]], although he doesn't know it.

* AntiVillain: The duke of Vallombreuse (played by [[Creator/GerardBarray Gérard Barray]]). Instead of being purely an [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrat]], he is a rather misguided man who suffered of ParentalNeglect and lets his passions take over rational thinking. He gets a chance at redemption at the end.

* CarryABigStick: Hérode's WeaponOfChoice is a big wooden club.