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This movie borrows the plot of Paul Feval's Le Bossu

posted 11 years ago by Mithrandir-Olorin2
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Only changing the names, and rearranging things to avoid the vaguely incestuous implications.

Feval's character was probably at least an indirect influence on Zorro to begin with, but this films recreates the entire plot.

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[–] vicky_lc2001-1 10 years ago

Thanks for sharing that, I had not heard of that until I read your post. I like Vincent Perez and it seems he came out in a 1997 adaptation of the novel.

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[–] Mithrandir-Olorin33 10 years ago

Yep, the 97 movies is pretty good

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[–] Cognoscente (2642) 2 years ago

It also borrows one of the training scenes from Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.