Terekhova vs. Eva Green and Garrel vs. Tabakov: A comparison of the cast of The Three Musketeers adaptations

Georgy Yungvald-Khilkevich’s three-part Soviet musical adventure TV movie “D’Artagnan and the Three Musketeers” was released in 1979 and immediately won the hearts of audiences. Famous and beloved actors took part in the film: Alisa Freindlikh, Margarita Terekhova, Mikhail Boyarsky and other stars of the Soviet screen.

Musical numbers also added to the popularity of the picture – the dashing “It’s time, it’s time, we rejoice …” and other songs were quickly sung by everyone.

The budget for the picture was not very large, so part of the props had to be made from improvised means, even by the director himself. For example, he made the same diamond pendants for the queen overnight from cheap jewelry bought at the Odessa market.

By the way, the distribution of roles was initially very different. So, Boyarsky, for whom the role of D’Artagnan became one of the brightest in his career, was supposed to play Count Rochefort, and Alexander Abdulov was approved for the role of Gascon. However, Abdulov did not cope with the musical material, and composer Maxim Dunaevsky suggested introducing Boyarsky.

The new French film is called The Three Musketeers: D’Artagnan. Martin Bourboulon, who released the biopic Eiffel in 2021, is directing. Here the creators had more luck with the budget – 36 million euros were allocated for the film. The great stars of French cinema are in the main roles: Vincent Cassel, Louis Garrel, Eva Green and others. The film adaptation has been divided into two parts – the sequel will be the film “The Three Musketeers: Milady”, which will be released in the winter of 2023.

In the meantime, we present to you the actor “battle” of the performers of the main roles – the Soviet stars against the French.

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