History Film / DArtagnanAndThreeMusketeers

A 1978 Soviet miniseries, one of many, many adaptations of the Creator/AlexandreDumas novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. This particular version, however, is the most well-known and definitely the most iconic in the former Soviet Union. Executed as a low-budget semi-musical, with most of its songs becoming national classics, it consists of three episodes making 220 minutes in length in total -- a common practice in the country at that time.

!! Provides examples of:

* DawsonCasting: Boyarsky was 28 at the time the movie was filmed, while d'Artagnan is 18 in the book. This made for some {{Narm}} in a scene when d'Artagnan states his supposed age.
** [[PlayingGertrude Inverted]] in the sequel with Madame de Chevreuse. Olga Kabo was 22 when the production started - far too young to [[spoiler: have a 15-year old son]].

* AscendedExtra: Jussac is an episodic character in the book but becomes a recurring antagonist for the heroes (though not the BigBad) by replacing several other minor antagonists. His actor was actually [[CastTheExpert a Soviet fencing champion]], brought in to train the rest of the cast and set up the swordfight scenes, so the production put his skills to the best use.

* AscendedExtra: Jussac is an episodic character in the book but becomes a recurring antagonist for the heroes (though not the BigBad) by replacing several other minor antagonists.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Thanks to its large number of memorable songs, this was one of the richest sources of Mondegreens for its time. "Pourquoi pas" (French for "why not?") was interpreted variously as "pol-klopa" (Russian for "half a bedbug") or nonsensical non-words like "purklapa" or "kuklafa". Purely Russian lyrics weren't free either: "krasavitse i kubku" ("to the beautiful woman and the cup") is often misheard as "krasavitse Ikuku" ("to the beautiful woman Ikuku"). The last one, incidentally, has become the Russian TropeNamer.

You can watch ''d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers'' [[https://russianfilmhub.com/tvshows/dartagnan-and-the-three-musketeers-1978/ here]].

* {{Mondegreen}}: Thanks to its large number of memorable songs, this was one of the richest sources of Mondegreens for its time. "Pourquoi pas" (French for "why not?") was interpreted variously as "pol-klopa" (Russian for "half a bedbug") or nonsensical non-words like "purklapa" or "kuklafa". Purely Russian lyrics weren't free either: "krasavitse i kubku" ("to the beautiful woman and the cup") is often misheard as "krasavitse Ikuku" ("to the beautiful woman Ikuku").

The four later reprised their roles in three sequels, filmed after the Soviet Union fell: two based on Dumas' sequels to the novel (''Musketeers Twenty Years After'', 1992, and ''The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After'', 1993), and [[TrilogyCreep a fourth one]] in 2009, of which the less is said, the better.

The four later reprised their roles in three sequels, filmed after the Soviet Union fell: two based on Dumas' sequels to the novel (''Musketeers Twenty Years After'', 1992, and ''The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After'', 1993), and [[TrilogyCreep a fourth one]] in 2007, of which the less is said, the better.

* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Both the Queen and her maid try using this to conceal the letters the Queen had written to her secret lover. It never works.

* AgeLift: The King, The Queen and Monsieur de Treville are all twentysomethings in the book but played by middle aged actors.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: Milady ''claims'' this was the reason she poisoned Constance. Wierdly enough this scene is absent from the book even though the whole romantic plot between d'Artagnan and Milady was cut out from the movie.

* EasyEvangelism: Apparently the woman he was sent to kill claiming to be of one faith with him is enough to convince Felton to turn against his master and kill HIM instead. In the book it takes weeks of [[ManipulativeBitch careful and well-thought manipulation]] on Milady's part to convert him to her side. In the movie she pulls it off in ''minutes'' of one emotional scene.

* SparedByAdaptation: Mordaunt in ''Musketeers Twenty Years After''... sort of. He does die, but much later in the story.

* EasyEvangelism: apparently the woman he was sent to kill claiming to be of one faith with him is enough to convince Felton to turn against his master and kill HIM instead. In the book it takes weeks of [[ManipulativeBitch careful and well-thought manipulation]] on Milady's part to convert him to her side. In the movie she pulls it in ''minutes'' of one emotional scene.

* CompositeCharacter: Felton is removed from the movie, and Lord Winter assumes his role.

* DisproportionateRetribution: As the result of CompressedAdaptation, Milady's only reason for trying to murder d'Artagnan and murdering Constance Bonacieux is d'Artagnan upstaging her with the queen's diamonds.

* ClingyJelaousGirl: Madlen in the sequel, full stop.

* PragmaticAdaptation: Many of the less plot-important scenes from the novel were removed to make the whole story fit into 220 minutes. (And to make room for the songs.)

* Mooks: The Cardinal's Guard.

A 1978 Soviet miniseries, one of many, many adaptations of the AlexandreDumas novel ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. This particular version, however, is the most well-known and definitely the most iconic in the former Soviet Union. Executed as a low-budget semi-musical, with most of its songs becoming national classics, it consists of three episodes making 220 minutes in length in total -- a common practice in the country at that time.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Surprisingly, inverted. The movie only fueled interest to the original book for many Soviet citizens. It helped that it was fairly common in print, especially by foreign literature standards.

* EarWorm: Many, but [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZvP15bzIc the musketeers' theme song]] deserves special mention.

A 1978 Soviet miniseries, one of many, many adaptations of the AlexandreDumas novel ''TheThreeMusketeers''. This particular version, however, is the most well-known and definitely the most iconic in the former Soviet Union. Executed as a low-budget semi-musical, with most of its songs becoming national classics, it consists of three episodes making 220 minutes in length in total -- a common practice in the country at that time.

The four later reprised their roles in three sequels, filmed after the Soviet Union fell: two based on Duma's sequels to the novel (''Musketeers Twenty Years After'', 1992, and ''The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After'', 1993), and [[TrilogyCreep a fourth one]] in 2007, of which the less is said, the better.