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The Eaglet (1931 film)

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Directed by
  
Viktor Tourjansky

Music by
  
Edouard Flament

Initial release
  
28 August 1931 (Paris)

Music director
  
Edouard Flament

Produced by
  
Adolphe Osso

Cinematography
  
Nikolai Toporkoff

Director
  
Victor Tourjansky

Story by
  
Edmond Rostand

Written by
  
Edmond Rostand (play) Wolfgang Goetz Adolf E. Licho Pierre-Gilles Veber

Starring
  
Jean Weber Victor Francen Henri Desfontaines

Screenplay
  
Pierre-Gilles Veber, Adolf E. Licho, Wolfgang Goetz

Cast
  
Victor Francen, Jean Weber, Jeanne Boitel, Henri Desfontaines, Jenny Hélia

Similar
  
Napoléon II l'Aiglon, The Living Corpse, Michel Strogoff, The Tuttles of Tahiti, J'accuse!

The Eaglet (French:L'aiglon) is a 1931 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jean Weber, Victor Francen and Henri Desfontaines. It is an adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon II.

A separate German-language version The Duke of Reichstadt was also made. It was directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

Cast

  • Jean Weber as L'aiglon (Napoleon II)
  • Victor Francen as Flambeau
  • Henri Desfontaines as Metternich
  • Simone Vaudry as Thérèse de Lorget
  • Georges Colin as Le maréchal Marmont
  • Jeanne Boitel as La comtesse Camerata
  • Gustave Berthier as Gentz
  • Henri Kerny as Sedlinsky
  • Jenny Hélia as L'impératrice Marie-Louise
  • Roger Blum as Prokesch
  • Fordyce as Fanny Elssler
  • de Kerdec as Tiburce
  • Henri Debain as Le sergent
  • Camille Beuve as Le général Hartmann
  • Raymond de Boncour as Le tailleur
  • Nilda Duclos as L'archiduchesse
  • Jean Diéner as Le docteur
  • Émile Drain as Napoléon
  • Georges Deneubourg
  • Alexandre Mathillon
  • References

    The Eaglet (1931 film) Wikipedia