Scaramouche (novel) Scaramouche (novel) Scaramouche is an historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921. A romantic adventure, "Scaramouche" tells the story of a young lawyer during the French Revolution. In the course of his adventures he becomes an actor portraying "Scaramouche" (a roguish buffoon character in the "commedia dell'arte"). He also becomes a revolutionary, politician, and fencing-master, confounding his enemies with his powerful orations and swordsmanship. He is forced by circumstances to change sides several times. The book also depicts his transformation from cynic to idealist. The three-part novel opens with the memorable line: "He was born with a gift
1921 (1988 film) its credits: In a December 1988 report in "India Today", Sreedhar Pillai wrote that ""1921" is not doing as well as expected" in the box office. "The top dream merchants of the [Malayalam film] industry see to it that the characters are created according to the diktats of these superstars [Mammootty and Mohanlal]...even history has been tinged with an overdose of fantasy to suit the image of Mammootty [in the film "1921"]," film critic Sreedhar Pillai wrote in "India Today". Says Damodaran who created the film: "A few years back history could have been told as it was in Malayalam