the duellists (1977) - second duel

The Duellists is a 1977 historical drama film that was Ridley Scott’s first feature film as a director. It won the Best Debut Film award at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. The basis of the screenplay is the Joseph Conrad short story The Duel (titled Point of Honor in the United States) published in A Set of Six. (1) first lines: (Narrator) The duellists demands satisfaction. Honour, for him, is an appetite. This story is about an eccentric kind of hunger. It is a true story and begins in the year that Napoleon Bonaparte became ruler of France. (2) trivia: (1) (2) - fair use -