Movie
The Battle of Austerlitz
Overview
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
Details
- Release date
- 1960-06-17
- Runtime
- 166 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Michael Arthur Films, Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA), Lyre Films, Galatea Film, Dubrava film
- Country
- France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Yugoslavia
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Pierre Mondy as Napoléon Bonaparte
- Martine Carol as Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Claudia Cardinale as Pauline Bonaparte
- Leslie Caron as Mlle de Vaudey
- Vittorio De Sica as le pape Pie VII
- Elvira Popescu as Lætitia Bonaparte
- Jean Marais as Carnot
- Michel Simon as Alboise
- Orson Welles as Robert Fulton
- Georges Marchal as Le maréchal Jean Lannes
- Jack Palance as Gen. Weirother
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Ségur fils
Crew
- Abel Gance - Director
- Nelly Kaplan - Writer
- Abel Gance - Writer
- Roger Richebé - Writer
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