- Anachronisms: The film is said to take place in 1662, which is consistent with King Louis XIV's apparent age as played by Leonardo DiCaprio and with the presence of his mother, Queen Anne of Austria, who in real life died in 1666. But this is inconsistent with references to the war against the Dutch (actually in 1672-78). (According to Voltaire, however, the real-life man was imprisoned in 1661, not 1669 as some sources say, making that part consistent.)
- Anachronisms: The opening shot of Notre Dame cathedral shows modifications made to the spire by Violet-le-Duc in the late 18th century.
- Continuity: Despite supposedly spending six years wearing an iron mask and living in a dungeon, Philippe has manicured fingernails and an unblemished face.
- Anachronisms: In one of the bedroom scenes, a close-up of Christine clearly shows the machine-stitching on the neckline of her nightgown.
- Continuity: Position of the sentry in the background while Philippe is talking.
- Continuity: When "Philippe" looks up at the moon through his cell window, the moon is just out of his sight. However, in the next shot, moonlight is shining directly on his face.
- Anachronisms: In the (young) King Louis XIV's bedroom we can see a portrait of Louis XIV when he was about 50.
- Anachronisms: Though Louis XIV is in his twenties in the film, there is a bronze statue of him on a horse that was sculpted when he was much older. The statue now stands in the courtyard of Versailles.
- Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the final scene where the Kings' guards form up to shoot the musketeers and Philippe, the click of cocked hammers is heard. However, the guards are using matchlocks, which are correct for the period, but they cannot make that sound. They would make no sound at all until fired.
- Continuity: In the chapel scene when D'Artagnan finds Queen Anne crying she hugs him and moves his hair to his left shoulder. When he turns it is still on his left shoulder but after he calls her name it is divided evenly over his shoulders.
- Continuity: The pronunciation of 'Athos' varies throughout the movie. Not only do different characters say his name differently, the same character - Philippe - pronounces it differently at different points in the movie.
- Continuity: When the king is leaving his mistress before Christine, he is seen leaving the room and closing his robe. When we see him again after leaving the room, he is closing his robe again.
- Continuity: After rescuing Phillipe, when Porthos and Aramis are sitting on the wall talking, Porthos' hat brim is up on both sides, when Aramis walks away and a bird drops a "gift" on Pothos' hat, one side of the brim is now down.
- Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Aramis addresses Queen Mother Anne as "Your Majesty". This title is reserved for the King and Queen, the Queen Mother would be addressed as "Your Royal Highness".
- Revealing mistakes: When D'artangnan is dealing with the angry peasants about the spoiled food, and the apples are thrown, the second apple that D'artangnan "stabs in the air" is visible on his sword before the slow-motion shot.
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- Continuity: SPOILER: The rose appears to jump between the Queen's hand and D'Artagnan's grave between shots.
- Continuity: SPOILER: At D'Artagnan's grave, the dirt around the gravestone changes amount and direction.
- Continuity: SPOILER: At D'Artagnan's grave, Queen Anne's veil switches from covering her face to leaving her face uncovered.
- Factual errors: SPOILER: Near the end of the movie when the musketeers fire upon the charging five, we see a giant cloud of billowing smoke from the guns. But the room is enclosed and there is no way for the smoke to dissipate quickly. But when Louis attempts to stab his brother, there is no smoke at all.
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