Overview
Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.
Director and cast
- Michael Curtiz Director
- Anny Hornik as Agathe, seine Schwester
- Mari Hegyesi as Frau Klähr, seine Mutter
- Egon von Jordan as Etzel
- Mihail Xantho as Napoleon
- Mary Stone as Anna
- Franz Glawatsch as Berger
- Gyula Szöreghy as Eschenbacher
- Josef König as Wachshuber
- Ludwig Rethey as Duke of Valois
- Agnes Esterhazy as Helene
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