1949 Duel Willy Rozier vs Francois Chalais
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- 6 October 1949. Silent. Epee duel to first blood.
Willy Rozier (27 June 1901 - 29 May 1983) was a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter who also used the pseudonym Xavier Vallier.
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François Chalais (December 15, 1919 - May 1, 1996) was a prominent French reporter, journalist, writer and film historian. The François Chalais Prize at the annual Cannes Film Festival is named after him.
In 1949 he fought and lost a duel with swords with director Willy Rozier, provoked by comments Chalais had made about actress Marie Dea.
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FILM PRODUCER BATTLES CRITIC
Lady's Honor Issue in Furious Duel
PARIS, 6 October 1949 (UP) - An irate film producer drew blood today from a drama critic in a furious three-minute duel with swords over a lady's honor.
The producer, Willy Rozier, nicked Critic Francois Chalais in the arm as the two quick-stepped back and forth over a forest floor of autumn leaves.
Rozier challenged Chalais to the duel after brooding for months over the critic's assertion that a certain actress' "career was behind her."
The producer said Chalais' reference was anatomical than literary. They muttered over the phrase to their friends for months and glowered at each other whenever they met in bar, restaurant or theater.
The strain finally became too great and Rozier challenged Chalais to fight it out.
As befitted a producer and a critic they invited a large audience of 30 reporters and 15 photographers.
The assemblage crowded into a small courtyard of the stables in the Bois de Boulogne during the night. But the stable owner said the sword-clanging might upset his horses and ask the men to take their affaire d'honneur elsewhere.
After brief consultation they decided to postpone the affair until the afternoon and fight it out in the woods.
They went their separate ways, ate lunch and then met again at the selected clearing with the classic entourage of seconds and doctors.
Chalais, obviously the less skillful swordsman of the two, was at a disadvantage from the first. The short encounter was interrupted by the umpire twice after Chalais faulted by touching his sword to the ground. After each fault the sword was sterilized.
Then Rozier cut Chalais across the arm. Chalais, looking more wounded than he really was, dropped his sword when he felt the blade cutting across his flesh. He was not hurt seriously.
"It wasn't too dangerous," one witness said. "That cut of Chalais, why a man runs a bigger risk every morning when he shaves himself." - Sport
After this I hope that the sound engineer was fired....
First blood was usually enough to settle a matter, but not always. I was a tournament fencer from 1978 to 1995 and on the US National circuit in the 80s. I started with foil but mastered all three weapons. I did a lot of epee after 1988. These are epees with sharp tips. This duel looks just like a modern epee match where the light and buzzer go off when one scores. Modern fencing is a replication of the traditional duel and by the late 19th century, this is what a duel looked like. However, there was a saber duel in France around 1900 where the loser completely lost his head!
Ja, på 700-900 i Norge ble det kalt holmgang. Duellantene ble satt av på en holme men ble avgjort med første synet av blod så nødvendigvis ikke døden.
Fascinante 😮
I can confirm that while specifically banned under the UCMJ, duelling has been known to occur during Marine Corps Balls. Apparently alcohol, egos, and readily available swords can lead to words being spoken. Most times more sober heads prevail and it devolves into a fist fight, but I know of three individuals who have gone to the hospital that way.
Cool.... Thats a retirement issue if i''m very much mistaken
@jameswells554 I know of a duel that occurred in 1978 in Sonoma in Sonoma County, CA between two college fencer. They used sharpened fencing sabers. One knew how to use his point and pierced his opponent's forearm up to the elbow.
A level of Honor existed between men. This type of duel has been lost to violence.
and then he has to have the honor of chewing the defeat and the wound and bacarsela. That with more than one men con eggs ends in a death
It was in a time when Chivalry was the major cultural influence in Western Civilization. The modern Olympics and the rules/traditions of sportsmanship were established by the duelist and fencer Baron de Coubertin. There is a CZcams video about him on my Facebook page.
You do realise sword fighting is still "violence"?
Just because they were very polite about doesn't mean it's not a violent way to settle a dispute.
This can only be done in homogenous societies
First blood! Thank you for finding this amazing content! Cheers
The dude in the shades looked like the winner before it started. Thanks for posting this. 👍
It's easy to see in the comments that people don't get the point. It's an honor thing (remember that?) between gentlemen. Once finished it's all good.
"Courage man, the hurt csnnot be much.Tis but a scratch"
"Aye, tis not so deep as a well, nor wide as a church door, but tis enough. T'will serve".
"They have made worms meat of me. Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man"
Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare had some wonderful words on duelling!
Watch the movie "The Duellists" Ridley Scott's first film Keith Carradine and Harvey Kietel fabulous movie
Seen the movie years ago SUPERB !
Why watch a Hollywood movie when there's actual footage of real duels?
One of the best movies.
A MUST SEE
Exceptionally good movie.
It looks like it's up to him, he shakes his head like: "Yeah, I consider I've had enough!"... As soon as blood shows its color he's allowed to express that he feels going further would be too risky, his opponent looked steadier and more confident.
Cool that the experienced one who wins are wearing shades, protecting his eyes :) and the one who maybe already knows he won't win, is wearing white, so any blood is seen easily and he can stop fighting and avoid serious injury :) both are wise I guess
It is much more dangerous than some might think. These fine blades can penetrate the body with amazing ease. First blood can mean you are not among the living, or if you still are, not for long
С уважением, и так далее. Парень в рубашке был красив, мужик в очках профессионален.
Парень размахивал клинком более амплитудно, его оружие часто и надолго отклонялось от средней линии. Мужик в очках уверенно держал центр, его оружие в защите отклонялось строго в пределах необходимости.
Оба использовали провоцирующие удары по клинку, парень при этом часто терял равновесие и контроль средней линии.
У парня не было шансов, мужику в очках уважение.
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I went to an English public school (private boarding for you Yanks) where we were taught to box. Sadly the 'gentlemanly' ways of settling a dispute have disappeared mostly, although I recently got into a dispute with a gyppo over his bad parking blocking me in outside Halfords, I was pleasantly surprised to discover he was an honourable cove and we exchanged blows in a civilised manner.
It was a draw.
He moved his van.
From the pre fight it looked very much like the man in the glasses was the most vexed, and looked the most confident.
I got the impression the other guy would have been happier to say "look let's forget about all this eh old chap?" Or the French equivalent.
Proved true as the glasses 🕶 wins and other fellow seems happy to call it a day.
I'd like to know what led to the whole thing 🤔
awesome
I remember François Chalais. He was a journalist and used to cover the movie Festival of Cannes. I was young, but i remember having watched him on tv. He had a particular voice and way of speaking. But though he was old , he was class and still good looking. As far as i recall, he was a ladies man. The beautiful lady at the beginning of this footage, was probably one of his girls friends...
No doubt that he was a man of balls as well
He was married with vietnamese woman@@rotorairgroup8409
And a big sword...girls like that.
😂@@OoohAaah6603
You mean testicular fortitude in a duels with either instruments of steel or flesh@rotorairgroup8409
Let's hope that there is intelligent life in the universe, that's our only hope.
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They’ll just have better swords
Don't bet on it😂
Wow!
That was the time, when after fuck-up you can be fuck-up in a duel.
I believe there was a fencing match some years ago with protective vests and tips on the epees. Apparently the tip on one of the epees came off unnoticed and the epee penetrated the other fencer’s vest and killed him.
It penetrates the mask ; the dead athlete was Vladimir Smirnov.
Errol Flynn - Basil Rathbone in Robin Hood 1938. Rathbone was actually a swordsman.
Il faut revenir au duel comme le démontre Lugan, ainsi les journalistes réfléchiraient à deux fois avant de salir et diffamer.
Bella idea!!!...
Respect++
3:41 Bro wearing the glasses got offended..
Wow it's very cinematic
Los dos tipos habían tomado en serio sus lecciones de esgrima.
Czasy kiedy miano jeszcze respekt wobec siebie a nie próbowano się zniszczyć. Mamy nowe zabawki ale człowiek nie nauczył się nic prócz niszczenia pod każdą postacią. Żenujące są próby wmówienia nam że technologia nas ocali albo ewoluuje, nic bardziej mylnego. Większa część doktorów czy profesorów i innych wynalazców robi to z błachej przyczyny ciekawości, pomijając przy tym długotrwałe konsekwencje których człowiek nie jest w stanie ogarnąć. Więcej Boga mniej naszych zachcianek.
If they were facing Jet Li with a sword forget it
Almost as good as the duels in Princess Bride and Rob Roy.
So he says to me, "Foil or epi?" 😆
Can't believe he actually fought with wearing sun glasses lol
Maybe it was sunny?
They're protective eye goggles used for duelling, not sunglasses
@Liam-yr4uf it was a joke mate. I know they're not sunglasses ffs
@@mikeyoung7660 ah sorry. Hard to tell these days lol
@@Liam-yr4uf 😜😜😜
There could be less fake news and irresponsible journalism if reporters had to back up their words with swords.
Wish it was still legal to duel with people. There’d be a lot fewer folks mouthing off in the world.
Why would you think that? And in the age of social media, how would that even work? Anonymous people across the world challenging each other to duels?
Mutual combat is legal.
@@kylep.4503 Yeah in certain states. I think Washington is one, but not sure.
It wouldn't stop anyone from mouthing off. People have no etiquette these days or genuine concern or respect for their opponent whether they are mouthing off or not. Respect and compassion are just as essential before the fight as after by opponents. Whether one deserves it or not. Want dueling? Bring back being a genuine Gentleman, first. In my opinion anyway.
@@MrSimeonwolfe lmao even LESS chance of that happening.
I personally think a better way to settle this would to have a good game of Tiddly Winks instead.
Right !!!! ...... or a game of "Uno" ...... maybe "rock paper scissors" .... LMAO 🙂
I don't know, you could have your eye out with one of those.
@@aesopstortoise LMAO !!!!! 🙂
Wearing sunglasses so the opponent can't read your eyes.
Nice......
Also eye protection me thinks.
A proper duel is where someone gets skewered.
A slight nick on the arm, hardly skewered, but yes, nice to see a REAL duel!
Incorrect
Yeah if you’re a philistine in the 1800’s sure. This was the 20th century and dueling was nowhere near what it was before.
La classe ! ..perdue... hélas !
I want to see Jose ferrer or Douglas fairbanks
Never knew they had refs in duels. I thought it was fight to the death.
In the 18th century most were...but in the 19th and 20th centuries most were just to first blood.
@@Master...deBaternearly All duels were to first blood or a number of attempts or shots. Duels that were agreed to be to the death were rare.
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 Wrong...in the 1700's most Smallsword duels were to either death or one or both of the combatants were unable to continue. First blood duels came about in the 19th century!
Is this a fight to the death or just a demonstration?
This was a duel to "first blood," i.e. a REAL FIGHT! "First blood" could mean being stabbed in the arm, as happened in this case, or it could mean being stabbed through the heart.
It was just a flesh wound
Incredibld riposte, not to mention focus.
yes
Riposte? We have the same thing in Glasgow..."hit him wi' ra post"!
You'll never beat a wee bit of Weegie wit.
You won't catch me oot we that old trick. Look away Martha
The newspaper says « Francois chalais arm wounded in a duel ». According to the video, it looked more like a light scratch.
Eeh! Gads, you bounder! That smarts. What. What. What.
thought I was going to be watching a bloke selling dodgy merchandise !
That's how all disputes should be settled 😮
Biden verses Trump LOL one would fall asleep before the start the other you couldn’t stop him telling everybody he was the great swords man and duelist that ever lived, he would of course turn up with a ten foot sword so Biden couldn’t jab him, Biden seconds would have to keep him from tripping over and forgetting where was. LOL
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It's just a scratch.
I've had worse lol
Who is the fellow in the hat? Is he a referee of sorts?
Yes. Deuling was very regulated and hat pretty strict rules of protocol. The duelists would appoint seconds. The seconds would negotiate and try to come to some sort of amicable arrangement that did not require deuling. Barring that they would negotiate time, weapon, duration, and nature of the duel.
When dueling the judge was an agreed upon neutral party that was there to ensure everything was handled in an agreed upon manner.
The second is there to defend the first man in case of violation and act as aid and witness.
A surgeon was often on site to administer aid immediately when requested or required.
Rozier style sucked but he won, that's what matters.
Douglas MacArthur looked the suaver as well
Thought it was mandatory to have a blouse shirt?
Why did they fight?
It's in the description
@@schlager7 why did they duel? An insult?
@@fernandoromero9906 Since no one can be bothered to read the description... "Rozier challenged Chalais to the duel after brooding for months over the critic's assertion that a certain actress' "career was behind her."
Epee wouldn’t be my choice. Sabers would be my first choice. If dueling is allowed today, with the firm rule that forbids professional duelers who stand in for one of the men, there will be fewer cowardly trolls insulting another man on social media and in person, because the troll knows that the moment he insults another without provocation, he better back it up with his life.
Whoops-a-daisy
ppl need to learn how to turn their backs and walk away from a conflict before letting it get to such a point. People take things too seriously.
You may find as you progress in years that some things have to be taken seriously.
@@michaelmorgan9289 On the contrary - the older you get, the more you start taking a lot of things less seriously.
But...but.....but.......her honour. What about the honour of some woman that was apparently insulted months previously? Lol, it's fucking crazy isn't it?
I hope that film director got his hole after this.
Also, if I was the critic, I would double down and slag her off again in the next review.
No one died?
😂😂😂
Pretty sure all those people are dead
These scenes are repeated on the streets of London almost daily
I don't get the point.
He got the point; Directly on his forearm
@@bobertkallahan4392 Maybe he needs a tip?
eggs are missing.leave there hurt?
The arms are just regular fencing epee's - nothing special only sharpened points. Not exciting.
No...they were Epee De Combat swords...very deadly weapons!
They wrere mad mad
Red hot pokers. 👍🏻
Aw, he got a petite booboo on his arm.....so silly.
Слепой победил?
Dueling was banned in France in 1626. All THIS is was purely a publicity stunt. Plain and simple.
Trial by Combat was outlawed. The duel of honor (always illegal in France) sprang up as a result.
WTF?
Ahh Gitanes.
When you get the sh!t beat out of you by a street fighter, you know you wasted your time on fencing. This is like bad comedy, ridiculous
Just a flesh wound. 'Tis nothing.
Actually he received a slice to the coch (old French spelling for cock, pronounced like loch)
animals
Это дуэль? Больше похоже на хреновый "балет" с указками.