Napoleonic soldiers may never have been the sharpest tools in the military box, but these two duelling nutters take the cake - after a minor incident they duel obsessively for 30 years. Based on Conrad's story this film was voted the Best Debut film at the 1977 Cannes festival. A kind of Napoleonic Western dealing with obsession and honour, with great costumes and visually stunning. find out more...

In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.

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