This is one of the best movies depicting the Napoleonic era and was based on Joseph Conrad's novel Point of Honor. The scene below is a duel on horseback between Armand d'Hubert and Gabriel Féraud. I have not read the novel, but am trying to decipher from the movie the regiments and the ranks of the two duellists.
Armand d'Hubert is dressed in the grey hussar uniform with a colback which means that he must be in the the Third Regiment as only the Third dressed in Argentina Grey. It looks like he has two stripes on his sleeves (see 0.08) which indicates his rank as Lieutenant. As an officer, he is permitted to wear a colback instead of a shako and his horse has a cloth shabrack.
Gabriel Féraud has a green dolman and pelisse on with red breeches. He also has a colback on his head and a cloth shabrack for his horse. I cannot see clearly his collar and his sabretache has a metal eagle plate on it. So, it could be either the 7th or 8th regiment. His sleeves also has two stripes which indicate ranking as Lieutenant.
However, as far as I know, the feud between the two started when both were Lietenants and this duel on horseback is their third duel, so they could have both advanced further in career by this time. It is possbile that both should be captians instead of lieutenants and there should be three strips on their sleeves instead of two.
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