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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The film manages to convey with nothing but pantomime that the Marquis has fathered a baby with a local village wench.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The film manages GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to convey with nothing but pantomime that overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Marquis has fathered a baby with a local village wench.future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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It was [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} remade in 1952]]. The 1923 version is closer to the book.

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It was [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} [[Film/{{Scaramouche1952}} remade in 1952]]. The 1923 version is closer to the book.



* TheRemake: [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} The 1952 version]]

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* ShamingTheMob: Andre-Louis convinces a revolutionary mob to spare two aristocratic women because they are his mother and fiancée. "Citizens! It is for you to decide! Do you owe this to Moreau?"

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* ShamingTheMob: Andre-Louis convinces a revolutionary mob to spare two aristocratic women because they are his mother and fiancée. "Citizens! fiancée.
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* ThickerThanWater: Andre-Louis initially plans to save only Aline from the mob, saying that he considers Countess de Plougastel to be a traitor to the Revolution. Only when it's revealed that the countess is his birth mother does he agree to save her as well.
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* AristocratsAreEvil: Are they ever. It is a movie set during the French Revolution, after all.
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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. The aristocrats are the only villains for most of the movie, but at the end, it's a revolutionary mob that's causing the trouble. Still, Andre-Louis is ultimately able to reason with the mob, which he was never able to do with the aristocrats.

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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. The aristocrats are the only villains for most of the movie, but at the end, it's a revolutionary mob that's causing the trouble. Still, However, Andre-Louis is ultimately able to reason with the mob, which he was never able to do with the aristocrats.
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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. The aristocrats are the only villains for most of the movie, but at the end, it's a revolutionary mob that's causing the trouble. Still, Andre-Louis is ultimately able to reason with the mob.

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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. The aristocrats are the only villains for most of the movie, but at the end, it's a revolutionary mob that's causing the trouble. Still, Andre-Louis is ultimately able to reason with the mob.mob, which he was never able to do with the aristocrats.
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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. At the end of the film, the trouble is being caused by a revolutionary mob whereas the aristocrats had been the only villains up to that point. Still, Andre-Louis is able to reason with the mob.

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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. At The aristocrats are the end only villains for most of the film, movie, but at the trouble is being caused by end, it's a revolutionary mob whereas that's causing the aristocrats had been the only villains up to that point. trouble. Still, Andre-Louis is ultimately able to reason with the mob.
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* FullCircleRevolution: Downplayed. At the end of the film, the trouble is being caused by a revolutionary mob whereas the aristocrats had been the only villains up to that point. Still, Andre-Louis is able to reason with the mob.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: For the most part, the revolutionaries are the good guys and the aristocrats are the bad guys. However, it's not played entirely straight, what with some sympathetic aristocratic characters and a climax that involves an out-of-control revolutionary mob.

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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: For the most part, the revolutionaries are the good guys and the aristocrats are the bad guys. However, it's It's not played entirely straight, however, what with some sympathetic aristocratic characters and a climax that involves an out-of-control revolutionary mob.
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* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: For the most part, the revolutionaries are the good guys and the aristocrats are the bad guys. However, it's not played entirely straight, what with some sympathetic aristocratic characters and a climax that involves an out-of-control revolutionary mob.
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* RoguishPoacher: The film begins with a peasant having been executed for poaching on the Marquis' land. We are meant to sympathize with the slain poacher, who was presumably desperate for food.

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* RoguishPoacher: The film begins with a peasant having been executed for poaching on the Marquis' land. We are meant to sympathize with the slain poacher, who was presumably desperate for food.food, and to see the Marquis as evil. In fact, this is how the Marquis is first established as the bad guy.
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* RoguishPoacher: The film begins with a peasant having been executed for poaching on the Marquis' land. We are meant to sympathize with the slain poacher, who was presumably desperate for food.
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* WarWasBeginning: The film begins with the text, "The reign of Louis XVI, King of France, marked the passing of the French Monarchy. Bankrupt, abandoned to the rule of an all-powerful Nobility and an indifferent Clergy, the nation faced starvation - or revolt."
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It was [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} remade in 1952]].

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It was [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} remade in 1952]]. The 1923 version is closer to the book.
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After his best friend is killed by the ruthless Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr, André-Louis Moreau takes up the cause of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Along the way, he romances the beautiful Aline de Kercadiou, and joins an acting troupe in which he plays the role of... Scaramouche.

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After his best friend is killed by the ruthless Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr, André-Louis Moreau takes up the cause of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Along the way, he romances the beautiful Aline de Kercadiou, and joins an acting a CommediaDellArte troupe in which he plays the role of... Scaramouche.
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* AnachronismStew: ''Papillons'' wasn't written until 1831.

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* AnachronismStew: ''Papillons'' ''[[Music/RobertSchumann Papillons]]'' wasn't written until 1831.
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After his best friend is killed by the ruthless Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr, André-Louis Moreau takes up the cause of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution. Along the way, he romances the beautiful Aline de Kercadiou, and joins an acting troupe in which he plays the role of... Scaramouche.
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''Scaramouche'' is the 1923 film adaptation of [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by Creator/RafaelSabatini. Rex Ingram directed and Ramon Novarro starred in the film, produced by Metro Pictures shortly before Metro merged into Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.

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''Scaramouche'' is the 1923 film adaptation of [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by Creator/RafaelSabatini. Directed by Rex Ingram directed and starring Ramon Novarro starred in Novarro, the film, film was produced by Metro Pictures shortly before Metro merged into Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.
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* FatBastard: The King's Lieutenant is overweight, corrupt, and unpleasant in general.

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* FatBastard: The King's Lieutenant is overweight, corrupt, and unpleasant in general. Challefau Binet initially seems like he will be BigFun instead, but he also turns out to be this trope.
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''Scaramouche'' is the 1923 film adaptation of [[Literature/{{Scaramouche}} the novel]] by Creator/RafaelSabatini. Rex Ingram directed and Ramon Novarro starred in the film, produced by Metro Pictures shortly before Metro merged into Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer.

It was [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} remade in 1952]].
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!! This film provides examples of:

* AnachronismStew: ''Papillons'' wasn't written until 1831.
* FatBastard: The King's Lieutenant is overweight, corrupt, and unpleasant in general.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The film manages to convey with nothing but pantomime that the Marquis has fathered a baby with a local village wench.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: The film did not stint on this. Lots and lots of fancy dresses and wigs used to evoke aristocratic France.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Danton Georges Danton]] is a character.
* JustFriends: "I am deeply grateful, Monsieur, but I consented to see you only to tell you that there can never be more than friendship between us."
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The Marquis is Andre-Louis's father.]] The twist remains surprising because until that moment, [[spoiler:Andre's]] parentage had not been important.
* NonActionGuy: Tragically, Philippe knows how to fight with words, but not with the sword.
* TheRemake: [[Film/{{Scaramouche}} The 1952 version]]
* {{Revenge}}: Andre-Louis' whole motivation
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: "Monsieur, I had pictured Justice as blind, but beautiful. Today I find that Justice is not blind - not to rank and wealth."
* ShamingTheMob: Andre-Louis convinces a revolutionary mob to spare two aristocratic women because they are his mother and fiancée. "Citizens! It is for you to decide! Do you owe this to Moreau?"
* TorchesAndPitchforks: An angry mob is going around killing aristocrats at the climax of the movie.
* YoungFutureFamousPeople: No movie about the French Revolution is complete without a cameo by a young UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte.

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