
By the Sword
An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a cleaner.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Released
- 1991
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1991
Storyline
An elderly man named Max comes to the famous fencing coach Villar and asks to take him on as a coach. But the coach does not like his weapon technique, and he only takes Max as a cleaner.
Top credits
F. Murray Abraham ā Suba
Eric Roberts ā Villard
Mia Sara ā Clavelli
Christopher Rydell ā Trebor
Did you know
⢠Independently made outside of a major studio, the producers were aiming for this film were hoping it would become a moderate box office success and ultimately make its money as a cult classic through home video, cable TV and television sales. However it struggled to find theatrical distributors and went straight to video in most countries.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $6,220
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $4,078 (1993-09-26)
User reviews
not for professional fencers
Pure Imagination
Pointless?
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color

















