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The musketeers die... then resurrect via SCIENCE to save France? Bonkers.
TMDB
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The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini (2009)

soviet sci-fi fever dreamcampy resurrection musicalAlexandre Dumas meets Frankenstein

Overview

AdventureScience Fiction

After the deaths of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis the Queen Anna of Austria has to ask for help of the heroes' sons. They, however, cannot fulfill her request on their own. The original musketeers have to literally return to live and embark on a new adventure.

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based on novel or bookmusicalmusketeer

Standout Aspects

Acting

Boyarskiy's d'Artagnan commits to this nonsense like his pension depends on it.

Production

Soviet-era budget meets French royalty. The sets wobble charmingly.

Writing

Someone read Dumas AND Shelley then said 'why not both drunk'.

Best for:Friends: Irony appreciation required. Watch with people who love bad-good cinema.·Streaming: 3.0 TMDB rating demands low expectations and high alcohol tolerance.·Rewatch: Only if you're studying how NOT to do sci-fi period pieces.
Heads up:Disturbing: Zombie-like resurrection scenes played for laughs, not horror.
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich

Director

Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich

ReleasedFeb 5, 2009
Runtime1h 50m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
Budget$7M·Revenue$2.5M
New One Production

Top Cast

Mikhail Boyarskiy

Mikhail Boyarskiy

d'Artagnan

Venyamin Smekhov

Venyamin Smekhov

Athos

Igor Starygin

Igor Starygin

Aramis

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Valentin Smirnitskiy

Porthos

Lyanka Gryu

Lyanka Gryu

Jacline

Anton Makarsky

Anton Makarsky

Henry

Irina Pegova

Irina Pegova

Angelica

Alisa Freyndlikh

Alisa Freyndlikh

Dmitriy Kharatyan

Dmitriy Kharatyan

Anatoliy Ravikovich

Anatoliy Ravikovich

Aleksandr Shirvindt

Aleksandr Shirvindt

Yevgeniya Kryukova

Yevgeniya Kryukova

Dmitriy Nagiev

Dmitriy Nagiev

Alyona Yakovleva

Alyona Yakovleva

Evgeny Danchevsky

Evgeny Danchevsky

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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

This is actually the FOURTH film in Yungvald-Khilkevich's Soviet musketeer saga spanning 1978-2009.

Trivia

Mikhail Boyarskiy has played d'Artagnan for 31 years across four films—possibly cinema's longest single-character run.

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