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The Battle of Austerlitz

Original title: Austerlitz
  • 19601960
  • 2h 2m
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Austerlitz (1960)
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Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.
IMDb RATING
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788
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  • Director
    • Abel Gance
  • Writers
    • Abel Gance
    • Nelly Kaplan
    • Roger Richebé
  • Stars
    • Pierre Mondy
    • Martine Carol
    • Claudia Cardinale
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  • Director
    • Abel Gance
  • Writers
    • Abel Gance
    • Nelly Kaplan
    • Roger Richebé
  • Stars
    • Pierre Mondy
    • Martine Carol
    • Claudia Cardinale
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    • 13User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Austerlitz (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale in Austerlitz (1960)
    Daniela Rocca in Austerlitz (1960)
    Daniela Rocca in Austerlitz (1960)
    Orson Welles in Austerlitz (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Elvire Popesco in Austerlitz (1960)
    Martine Carol and Pierre Mondy in Austerlitz (1960)
    Martine Carol and Pierre Mondy in Austerlitz (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale, Martine Carol, and Pierre Mondy in Austerlitz (1960)
    Vittorio De Sica, Martine Carol, Pierre Mondy, and Elvire Popesco in Austerlitz (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale in Austerlitz (1960)
    Claudia Cardinale in Austerlitz (1960)

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    Pierre Mondy
    Pierre Mondy
    • Napoléon Bonaparteas Napoléon Bonaparte
    Martine Carol
    Martine Carol
    • Joséphine de Beauharnaisas Joséphine de Beauharnais
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • Pauline Bonaparteas Pauline Bonaparte
    Leslie Caron
    Leslie Caron
    • Mlle de Vaudeyas Mlle de Vaudey
    Vittorio De Sica
    Vittorio De Sica
    • Pope Pius VIIas Pope Pius VII
    Elvire Popesco
    Elvire Popesco
    • Laetitia Bonaparteas Laetitia Bonaparte
    Jean Marais
    Jean Marais
    • Carnotas Carnot
    Michel Simon
    Michel Simon
    • Alboiseas Alboise
    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Robert Fultonas Robert Fulton
    Georges Marchal
    Georges Marchal
    • Le maréchal Jean Lannesas Le maréchal Jean Lannes
    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Gen. Weirotheras Gen. Weirother
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Ségur filsas Ségur fils
    Rossano Brazzi
    Rossano Brazzi
    • Lucien Bonaparteas Lucien Bonaparte
    Jean Mercure
    Jean Mercure
    • Talleyrandas Talleyrand
    Anna Maria Ferrero
    Anna Maria Ferrero
    • Elisa Bonaparteas Elisa Bonaparte
    Ettore Manni
    Ettore Manni
    • Lucien Bonaparteas Lucien Bonaparte
    Anna Moffo
    Anna Moffo
    • La Grassinias La Grassini
    Daniela Rocca
    Daniela Rocca
    • Caroline Bonaparteas Caroline Bonaparte
    • Director
      • Abel Gance
    • Writers
      • Abel Gance
      • Nelly Kaplan
      • Roger Richebé
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    Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians. —Adalberto Fornario
    • french soldier
    • french army
    • year 1805
    • french empire
    • french officer
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      • Drama
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      • War
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    • Trivia
      In the 1920s Abel Gance had written a six-part movie biography of Napoleon. He shot the first part (Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (1927)), which turned out to be a financial disaster. He sold the sixth part to Lupu Pick, who shot Napoleon auf St. Helena (1929). Wanting to make a comeback at the end of the 1950s, Gance rewrote the third part to make it "Austerlitz".
    • Goofs
      In the scene in William Pitt's office in London which is set in the early 1800's, you can see in the background through the window the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, 60 years before they were built.
    • Alternate versions
      The original French version runs longer than the English dubbed international one. It contains extra scenes including ones with Napoleon visiting his mistress and of Ségur (Jean-Louis Trintignant) imagining the coronation of the emperor for the palace staff.
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Seul le cinéma (1994)

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    ...and to "Napoleon" whose life Gance transferred to the screen in the silent era.Sandwiched between two very underrated Gance works ("la Tour de Nesles" and "Cyrano et D'Artagnan" )it is a return to "real " "true" history.I will go as far as to write that Gance impressed me much more when his movies dealt with fictionalized history (the two mentioned movies,but "j'accuse" too)."Austerlitz has something academic ,conventional.It has nothing of Gance's madness.The first part is a stream of stars from Martine Carol to Claudia Cardinale ,from Jean Marais to Orson Welles (in a part which reminds us how Gance was interested in the development of science through the centuries ,à la Jules Verne,we find this interest in "Cyrano" and "J'accuse" too).THe lead is a good actor but he might be ,on an international level, the least known of them all:Pierre Mondy's name is buried in the cast and credits and although he is on the screen from the beginning to the end,his name is not bigger than that of Welles who appears barely five minutes.Ah fame! The first part has only one sequence where we find back the inventive Gance:we do not attend the coronation in Notre Dame ;the marechal de Ségur (Jean-Louis Trintignant) tells the whole story with the model in front of a strange audience:servants ;then the "mamma " ("pourvu que ça dure!=lets hope it lasts!") ,Napoleon's mother (Elvire Popesco) enters and her tears begin to flow .Although David put her in his famous painting she did not attend the ceremony.

    The second part is more historically interesting ,but if you are not fond of military strategy ,you may stop yourself yawning.Fortunately a soldier of the old guard of Napoléon (un "grognard" )played by Michel Simon brings a bit of life among these troop movements.

    Last but not least:I have always asked myself why a convinced pacifist such as Gance (his two versions of "j'accuse" may be the strongest anti-war films ever)could be so fascinated by a warrior such as Napoleon.
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    • Release date
      • June 17, 1960 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • Yugoslavia
      • Liechtenstein
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Austerlitz - Glanz einer Kaiserkrone
    • Filming locations
      • Studios de Saint-Maurice, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France
    • Production companies
      • Compagnie Internationale de Productions Cinématographiques (CIPRA)
      • Lyre Films
      • Galatea Film
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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