Overview
A return to the life of the Little Corporal with a dramatisation of the decisive 1805 conflict between French forces and the armies of Austria and Russia. An epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where Bonaparte had the greatest victory of his career.
Director and cast
- Abel Gance Director
- Pierre Mondy as Napoléon Bonaparte
- Jean Marais as Lazare Carnot
- Martine Carol as Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Claudia Cardinale as Pauline Bonaparte
- Leslie Caron as Mlle de Vaudey
- Georges Marchal as Jean Lannes
- Vittorio De Sica as le pape Pie VII
- Elvira Popescu as Lætitia Bonaparte
- Michel Simon as Alboise
- Orson Welles Cast
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