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1992 Spanish film

The Fencing Master
Theatrical release poster

Spanish	El maestro de esgrima

Directed by	Pedro Olea
Screenplay by	Antonio Larreta Francisco Prada Arturo Pérez-Reverte Pedro Olea
Based on	The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez Reverte
Produced by	Pedro Olea Antonio Cardenal
Starring	Omero Antonutti Assumpta Serna Joaquim de Almeida José Luis López Vázquez Alberto Closas Miguel Rellán
Cinematography	Alfredo Mayo
Edited by	José Salcedo
Music by	José Nieto
Production companies	Origen PC Altube ICAA
Distributed by	United International Pictures
Release date	18 September 1992 (1992-09-18)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Fencing Master (Spanish: El maestro de esgrima) is a 1992 Spanish adventure film directed by Pedro Olea, and starring Omero Antonutti, Assumpta Serna, and Joaquim de Almeida. Based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, the plot follows a renowned fencer who becomes the mentor for a young woman seeking a means of revenge.

It was selected as the Spanish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Plot

Set in 1868 Madrid against the backdrop of the buildup to the Glorious Revolution, the plot tracks fencing master Jaime de Astarloa and his new pupil Adela de Otero.

Cast

Omero Antonutti as Jaime de Astarloa
Assumpta Serna as Adela de Otero
Joaquim de Almeida as Luis de Ayala
José Luis López Vázquez as Jenaro Campillo
Alberto Closas as Álvaro Salanova
Miguel Rellán as Agapito Cárceles

Production

The film is an Origen PC and Altube production.

Release

Distributed by United International Pictures, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 18 September 1992.

Accolades


Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
1993	7th Goya Awards	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director	Pedro Olea	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Antonio Larreta, Arturo Pérez Reverte, Francisco Prada, Pedro Olea	Won
		Best Actress	Assumpta Serna	Nominated
		Best Original Score	José Nieto	Won
		Best Editing	José Salcedo	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Alfredo F. Mayo	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Luis "Koldo" Vallés	Nominated
		Best Production Supervision	Antonio Guillén Rey	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Javier Artiñano	Won
		Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Josefa Morales, Romana González	Nominated

References

Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
"Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
"El maestro de esgrima". Fotogramas. 29 May 2008.
Belmonte Serrano, José (2001). "Arturo Pérez-Reverte y sus relaciones con el cine" (PDF). Lenguaje y Textos. 17: 182. ISSN 1133-4770.
^ Belmonte Serrano 2001, p. 182.
^ "El maestro de esgrima". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
Cebollada, Pascual; Santa Eulalia, Mary G. (2000). Madrid y el cine. Panorama filmográfico de cien años de historia (PDF). Madrid: Comunidad de Madrid. Consejería de Educación. Secretaría General Técnica. p. 132. ISBN 84-451-1821-8.
"El maestro de esgrima · España 1992". Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes Adaptaciones de la literatura española en el cine español. Referencias y bibliografía. Retrieved 30 April 2023 – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes.

External links

v t e Pedro Olea
Films directed	The Ancines Woods (1970) A House Without Boundaries (1972) No es bueno que el hombre esté solo (1973) Torment (1974) Pim, pam, pum... ¡fuego! (1975) Akelarre (1984) The Fencing Master (1992) You Shall Die in Chafarinas (1995) Beyond the Garden (1996) Stormy Weather (2003)

v t e Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Novels	El húsar (1986) The Fencing Master (1988) The Flanders Panel (1990) The Club Dumas (1993) Captain Alatriste (1996) Purity of Blood (1997) The Sun over Breda (1998) The Queen of the South (2002) Falcó (2016) Línea de fuego (2020)
Screenplays	The Fencing Master (1992) Comanche Territory (1997) Gold (2017)
TV series	El Dragón: Return of a Warrior (2019–2020)
Book series	Captain Alatriste

v t e Spanish submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1956–1960	Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) High Street (1957) Vengeance (1958) At Five O'Clock in the Afternoon (1960)
1961–1980	Plácido (1961) Dulcinea (1962) Los Tarantos (1963) The Girl in Mourning (1964) La Tía Tula (1965) Bewitched Love (1967) Spain Again (1968) The Wanton of Spain (1969) Tristana (1970) Marta (1971) My Dearest Senorita (1972) Habla, mudita (1973) La prima Angélica (1974) Poachers (1975) Raise Ravens (1976) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Sleepwalkers (1978) Mama Turns 100 (1979) The Nest (1980)
1981–2000	National Heritage (1981) Begin the Beguine (1982) Carmen (1983) Sesión continua (1984) The Witching Hour (1985) Half of Heaven (1986) Course Completed (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Love, Hate and Death (1989) ¡Ay Carmela! (1990) High Heels (1991) The Fencing Master (1992) Belle Époque (1993) Cradle Song (1994) The Flower of My Secret (1995) Bwana (1996) Secrets of the Heart (1997) The Grandfather (1998) All About My Mother (1999) You're the One (2000)
2001–2020	Mad Love (2001) Mondays in the Sun (2002) Soldiers of Salamina (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Obaba (2005) Volver (2006) The Orphanage (2007) The Blind Sunflowers (2008) The Dancer and the Thief (2009) Even the Rain (2010) Black Bread (2011) Blancanieves (2012) 15 Years and One Day (2013) Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (2014) Loreak (2015) Julieta (2016) Summer 1993 (2017) Champions (2018) Pain and Glory (2019) The Endless Trench (2020)
2021–present	The Good Boss (2021) Alcarràs (2022) Society of the Snow (2023) Saturn Return (2024)

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