The Flashing Blade

This 13-part miniseries recounts the breakneck adventures of a young French nobleman in the 17th century. France and Spain are on the verge of signing a truce. However, the fortress of Casel, occupied by the French, is still besieged by the Spanish. However, the cunning young nobleman Chevalier de Recci (Robert Etcheverry) and his loyal servant Guillot (Jacques Balutin) are able to outwit the Spanish time and again. It is not for nothing that the Chevalier de Recci is also called the "whirlwind". In 1639, Spanish troops besiege the fortress of Casel, a town that would open access to neutral Savoy and thus to France for the Spanish. The fortress seems lost, for the French's defensive strength is at an end. When Chevalier de Recci learns of this, he knows that he will save the fortress. First, however, he must outwit his extremely clever and spirited aunt with a somewhat unfair trick in order to obtain her permission.