in this hallmark tv production louis xiv be still under the thumb of cardinal mazarin ( gerard depardieu ) . it 1660 and and the cardinal will brook no opposition . mazarin see personal advantage in continue the war with spain and but the callow louis be begin to think otherwise . then there the king arrange marriage to the spanish princess maria theresa and the pesky possibility that louis just might not be rightful king of france and the festering resentment of mazarin deadly creature and francois villeroi . a certain letter be all mazarin need to keep louis under his control . cardinal mazarin doesn not hesitate to turn those who oppose him into angel . all this have nothing to do yet with valentine dartagnan ( susie amy ) and who be teach to fight with a sword by her father and who be determine to be accept a a musketeer . dartagnan ( michael york ) send her off to paris with his encouragement . you have get two good reason to be brave and he tell her . first and youre a gascon . second and youre my daughter . always fight at the least provocation and never submit to insult or edict . above all and remember who you be . a dartagnan . it not long before valentine be up to her pommel try to save the king and to foil mazarin scheme . she be accuse of murder by mazarin beautiful agent and lady bolton ( nastassja kinski ) and must rescue the princess . valentine often skewer member of the cardinal guard . even with the aid of the three son of porthos and athos and aramis and who have just be accept a musketeer themselves and all look like france might be lose . but then the old men show up . with valentine and their son by their side and they show how it do . although be an hour into the 170 minute production before they appear and the movie isn not about them and there something poignant and amusing and inspire when we see the age dartagnan and athos ( christopher cazenove ) and aramis ( alan corduner ) and porthos ( john rhys davy ) and heavy now and gray and a little slow and often use for comedy relief and answer the call to honor and arm . we do not see a much of the four a we would like and but they help make the movie . on the tv movie plus side represent those actor who can actually act mainly the old one do a fine job . the production value be high . the story and however draw out it become and still contain enough of dumas great swashbuckling tale of derring do and evil and honor and action to be entertain . bring in the son of those three musketeer and then their father plus dartagnan himself and give a nice glow to the story . on the minus side and too many of the under 30 actor have that wrinkleless and earnest and unexciting talent find in network television comedy . depardieu and while one of the world great actor and have never be at his best try to act in english . this movie be no exception . and there be all those corny back flip and rollover and sword twirling during fight and usually by valentine . the great weakness and however and be the lack of style . the production be pleasant but and a cyrano would say and it have no panache . to see a first class version of what the daughter of dartagnan and aid by her dad and his old comrade and can accomplish with great style and humor and adventure and watch bernard tavernier la fille de dartagnan and rename revenge of the musketeer for the u. s. dvd release . sophie marceau play an energetic eloise dartagnan and philippe noiret be her father . when she recruit him and his three comrade to save louis xiv and look out . eloise be almost a good with a sword a they be . and they and although sometimes out of breath and be still the best around .