this be possibly the bad fencing and sword fighting and movie ever make . that be not just because the so called sport fencing be poor but because the plot and character be so weak that they have get to throw in a semi nude sex scene and and later and suppose group dance around a fencing scene in the fencing club try and i suppose to maintain audience interest . what a waste of f. murray abraham talent . youre well serve with overblown swashbuckling movie like zorro and scaramouche and anything that have basil rathbone a the villain . a a fencer myself i recognize the near impossibility of capture fence a a sport on film and but if it ever happen it get to have fresher and good drawn character and a plot with more depth .