Watch The Duellists

Austerlitz and Waterloo hung on a marriage; Phoenix plays him as a sulk.

A blacksmith becomes a knight and holds Jerusalem against Saladin; watch the director’s cut, not the release.

One accusation told three ways, ending in the last judicial duel France allowed.

Mogadishu, October 1993: a raid meant to take an hour runs all night.

Demi Moore shaves her head to get through SEAL selection as a senator’s test case.

A London trader inherits a Provence vineyard and is talked out of selling it.

Maximus's quest for revenge in ancient Rome (2000).

Columbus crosses, then governs badly; the Vangelis theme outlived the film by decades.