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1	* BreakthroughHit: This film got Creator/RidleyScott noticed.
2	* CaliforniaDoubling: The "Russia 1812" sequence was shot in Scotland.
3	* DoingItForTheArt: The film's low budget meant that Creator/AlbertFinney's fee was a case of champagne. He was so eager to be in the film that he accepted.
4	* FakeNationality: There isn't a single French actor in the entire movie. The cast is mostly British, with two American leads.
5	* RealLifeRelative:
6	** Creator/KeithCarradine's girlfriend at the time, actress Christina Raines was cast as d'Hubert's wife Adele.
7	** Creator/RidleyScott cast his two sons as d'Hubert's young nephews.
8	** Creator/AlbertFinney was cast because his then-girlfriend Diana Quick was in the film and suggested him for a role.
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10	** Of all things, Armand d'Hubert appears in the ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' vampire comic ''ComicBook/FiendsOfTheEasternFront'' as the protagonist of the Napoleonic wars prequel.
11	** The film was a big influence on ''Film/{{Highlander}}''.
12	** The manga series ''{{Manga/Shigurui}}'' also owes a lot to this film, though it's ''much'' BloodierAndGorier.
13	* ThrowItIn: During the scene where D'Hubert asks Adele to marry him, she starts to laugh. This laughter was not intentional. According to Creator/RidleyScott, she actually has a hard time keeping a straight face since one of the horses has a huge erection. If you watch the scene again, one horse makes a shrieking noise, and d'Hubert has to chide it, and both actors nearly break.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/RidleyScott wanted the two leads to be played by Creator/OliverReed and Creator/MichaelYork (Athos and d'Artagnan in ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973''), but the small budget and [[ExecutiveMeddling studio decisions]] forced him to choose from a list of less well-known but more affordable Hollywood actors. Creator/MichaelMoriarty was also considered.

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