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By the Sword is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jeremy Kagan released in USA on 7 october 1991 with F. Murray Abraham

By the Sword (1991)

By the sword

By the Sword
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Released in USA 7 october 1991
Length 1h31
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action
Rating63% 3.1971553.1971553.1971553.1971553.197155

By the Sword is a 1991 American 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".

Synopsis

Alexander Villard is a former fencing champion who runs a highly competitive fencing school. One of his students describes him as "a freak who thinks he's living in the fourteenth century".

Actors

F. Murray Abraham

(Suba)
Eric Roberts

(Villard)
Mia Sara

(Clavelli)
Brett Cullen

(Gallagher)
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