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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Concini is arrested and executed offscreen in Paris on the king's orders]] a short time before the FinalBattle happens at the castle of Saint-Leu.

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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Concini Concini is arrested and executed offscreen in Paris on the king's orders]] a short time orders shortly before the FinalBattle happens at the castle of Saint-Leu.
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* AdaptationNameChange: The hero goes from Adhémar de Trémazenc de Capestang in the novel to François de Trémazenc de Capestang in the film.
* AdaptedOut: Armand Jean du Plessis, later better known as UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu (though not yet made a Cardinal) appears in the novel, but not in the film.
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In the year 1616, 15-year old [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi King]] of UsefulNotes/{{France}} UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her protégé, minister and marshal Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.

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In the year 1616, 15-year old [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi King]] of UsefulNotes/{{France}} UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her protégé, a minister and marshal from Italy, Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.
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In the year 1616, 15-year old king UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her protégé, minister and marshal Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.

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In the year 1616, 15-year old king [[UsefulNotes/LetatCestMoi King]] of UsefulNotes/{{France}} UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her protégé, minister and marshal Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.
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* PerfectPoison: The poison Concini intends for the young king to drink is undetectable and fast-acting. The unfortunate guard who treats himself to the [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink poisoned wine]] dies a few seconds after drinking it.

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* CourtJester: Cogolin manages to become the favorite jester of the young king Louis XIII, which comes in handy when he has to spy on the court for Capestang in order to protect the king.



* DisneyVillainDeath: How [[spoiler:Rinaldo]] dies. Capestang [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewers him with his sword]], and he falls from the castle's rampart.

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* DisneyVillainDeath: How [[spoiler:Rinaldo]] Rinaldo dies. Capestang [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice skewers him with his sword]], and he falls from the castle's rampart.
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In the year 1616, 15-year old king UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite, minister and marshal Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.

Now working to unmask Concini's sinister scheme, Capestang will do his best to protect both the king and Gisèle, who he has fallen in love with, with the help of Cogolin (Bourvil), a jester whose life he saved.

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In the year 1616, 15-year old king UsefulNotes/LouisXIII (Fourcade) is surrounded and kept away from power by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite, protégé, minister and marshal Concino Concini (Foà), who plans to usurp the throne. The chevalier (knight) François de Capestang (Marais) witnesses the murder of his friend, the Marquis de Teynac, by Rinaldo (Delorme), Concini's main henchman, who has been tasked to eliminate all influent nobles who could stand in Concini's way up to the throne. Capestang is saved just in time by Gisèle (Martinelli), the daughter of Duke Charles d'Angoulême, who conspires with many nobles against both Concini and the king.

Now working to unmask Concini's sinister scheme, conspiracy, Capestang will do his best to protect both the king and Gisèle, who he has fallen in love with, with the help of Cogolin (Bourvil), a jester whose life he saved.
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* DeathGlare: Rinaldo's default facial expression.

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* DeathGlare: Rinaldo's default facial expression.expression is a menacing stare, reinforced by Guy Delorme's dark eyes and {{beard|Of Evil}}.
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* TortureCellar: Cogolin tries to flee Concini's guards after discovering that the king's wine was poisoned. He tries to hide in a room... only to find out it's a torture chamber. Then he faints there, and wakes up tied above a fire with metal spikes above his head.

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* TortureCellar: Cogolin tries to flee Concini's guards after discovering that the king's wine was poisoned. He tries to hide in a room... only to find out it's a torture chamber. Then he faints there, and wakes up tied with his naked feet above a fire with and metal spikes above his head.
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* ForeignRulingClass: As in RealLife, Concino Concini and Leonora Galigai are Italian nobles who ingratiated themselves with Queen Regent Marie de' Medici (the Italian consort of the late King Henry IV) and gained much power at the French court.
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''Le Capitan'' (English title: ''Captain Blood'') is a 1960 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by André Hunebelle, starring Creator/JeanMarais, Creator/{{Bourvil}} (the second time in a row with the two of them after ''Film/{{Le Bossu|1959}}''), Elsa Martinelli, Arnoldo Foà, Creator/GuyDelorme and Christian Fourcade. It is based on the eponymous novel by Michel Zévaco.

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''Le Capitan'' (English title: ''Captain Blood'') is a 1960 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by André Hunebelle, starring Creator/JeanMarais, Creator/{{Bourvil}} (the second time in a row with the two of them after ''Film/{{Le Bossu|1959}}''), Elsa Martinelli, Arnoldo Foà, Creator/GuyDelorme and Christian Fourcade. It is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on the eponymous novel novel]] by Michel Zévaco.
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Not really. He's self-serving. Richelieu isn't.


* {{Expy}}: Here, Concini looks more like UsefulNotes/CardinalRichelieu from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' than his real life counterpart, Italian origins and non-clergyman condition aside.

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