- Austerlitz (film)
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Austerlitz Directed by Abel Gance Produced by Antoinette Coty
Alexander SalkindWritten by Abel Gance
Nelly Kaplan
Roger RichebéStarring Pierre Mondy
Martine Carol
Claudia Cardinale
Leslie CaronMusic by Jean Ledrut Cinematography Henri Alekan
Robert JuillardEditing by Léonide Azar
Yvonne MartinRelease date(s) 1960 Country France Language French Austerlitz is a 1960 film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jean Marais, Rossano Brazzi, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio de Sica, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron and Elvire Popesco. Pierre Mondy portrays Napoleon in this film about one of his greatest victories at the Battle of Austerlitz. Leslie Caron plays the role of his mistress Elisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon.[1]
Contents
Plot
The first half of this film covers Napoleon's coronation as Emperor and political manoeuvrings while the second half covers the actual battle.
Cast
- Pierre Mondy - Napoléon Ier
- Jean Marais - Lazare Carnot
- Martine Carol - Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Elvire Popesco - Lætitia Bonaparte
- Georges Marchal - Jean Lannes
- Vittorio De Sica - Pie VII
- Michel Simon - Alboise
- Rossano Brazzi - Lucien Bonaparte
- Claudia Cardinale - Pauline Bonaparte
- Leslie Caron - Elisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon
- Ettore Manni - Murat
- Jack Palance - General Franz von Weyrother
- Daniela Rocca - Caroline Bonaparte
- Orson Welles - Robert Fulton
- Nelly Kaplan - Juliette Récamier
- Jean-Louis Trintignant - Ségur son
- Lucien Raimbourg - Joseph Fouché
- Rowland Bartrop - Nelson
- Anna Moffo - La Grassini
- Janez Vhrovec - François II
- Guy Haurey - Friant
- Jean Mercure - Talleyrand
- Anna Maria Ferrero - Élisa Bonaparte
- Anthony Stuart - William Pitt
- Maurice Teynac - Schulmeister
- Henri Vidon - Fox
- Jacques Castelot - Cambacérès
- Guy Delorme - General Exelmans
- Louis Eymond - Lebrun
- Jean-Louis Horbette - Constant
- Pierre Tabard - General Andrault, count of Langeron
- Claude Carliez - Margaron
- Polycarpe Pavloff - Koutouzoff
- Jean-François Rémi - Duroc
- Jean-Marc Bory - Soult
- Georges Demas - Daumesnil
- André Randall - Whitworth
- André Certes - Berthier
- Antoine Baud - Bernadotte
- Jean Berger - Hédouville
- Raoul Billerey - Savary
- Jean-Louis Richard -Alexandre Ier de Russie
- Pierre Marteville - Joseph Bonaparte
- Pierre Peloux - Daru
- Davout d'Auerstaedt - Davout
- Claude Conty - Dolgoroukov
- Henri Cote
- Sophie Daria
- Henri-Jacques Huet
- Robert Lepagès
- José Squinquel
- André Oumansky
- Dominique Zardi
Versions
The original French version runs longer than the English dubbed international version. The French version contains extra scenes including ones with Napoleon visiting his mistress and of Jean Louis Trintignant imagining the coronation for the palace staff.
DVD
A French DVD was released including interviews with star Pierre Mondy and other participants.
References
- ^ Jean-Marie Thiébaud (2006) Elisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon: Maîtresse de Napoléon, Editions Cabedita ISBN 2882954735
External links
Films directed by Abel Gance Silent films La Digue · La Pierre philosophe · Le Nègre blanc · Il y a des pieds au plafond · The Mask of Horror · Strass et Compagnie · L'Héroïsme de Paddy · La Folie du Docteur Tube · La Fleur des ruines · The Enigma of Ten Hours · Un drame au château d'Acre · Ce que les flots racontent · Le Périscope · Le Fou de la falaise · Fioritures · Le Droit à la vie · Les Gaz mortels · The Torture of Silence · Barberousse · The Zone of Death · Ecce Homo · The Tenth Symphony · J'accuse (1919) · La Roue · Au Secours! · Napoléon · Marines et cristeauxSound films End of the World · Mater dolorosa · The Ironmaster · Poliche · Napoléon Bonaparte · Le Roman d'un jeune homme pauvre · The Queen and the Cardinal · Lucrèce Borgia · Beethoven's Great Love · J'accuse! (1938) · The Woman Thief · Louise · Paradis perdu · Vénus aveugle · Le Capitaine Fracasse · Manolete · Quatorze juillet 1953 · Tower of Nesle · Magirama · Austerlitz · Cyrano et d'Artagnan · Marie Tudor · Valmy · Bonaparte et la révolutionCategories:- 1960 films
- French films
- French-language films
- Films directed by Abel Gance
- Films set in the Czech Republic
- French war films
- Napoleonic Wars films
- Biographical film stubs
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