The Besieged Fortress

2h 20m
DocumentaryWarHistory
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A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.

Cast

Patrick Mille
Charles-Henri Mondel
Jacques Pater
Commandant Teyssier
François Cluzet
Napoléon III
Virginie Ledoyen
Impératrice Eugénie
Bertrand Constant
Adjudant Schmidt
Marc Lefebvre
Soldat français

Crew

Gérard Mordillat
Director

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