By the Sword (1991)

Directed by

Jeremy Kagan

Genre

drama film, action film, swashbuckler film, sport film, thriller film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

16

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A world-class fencer takes a job teaching at a fencing school run by a mysterious and competitive master. The two men develop a fraught relationship as their pasts come to light.

tensemelancholicseriousdeliberatefocusedunderstatedatmospheric

What happens

By the Sword is a 1991 sports action film starring F. Murray Abraham and Eric Roberts as world-class fencers. Directed by Jeremy Paul Kagan, this is the first feature film about fencing. Although some reviews of its 1993 U.S. theatrical release noted favorably the lead acting and action sequences, the screenplay was considered "terrible". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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