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 GoetzAdolf E. LichoPierre-Gilles Veber Starring Jean WeberVictor FrancenHenri 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

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