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The Battle of Austerlitz
The Battle of Austerlitz

The Battle of Austerlitz

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DramaHistoryWar

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Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

166 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

17 June 1960

Country

France

Cast

Pierre Mondy

Pierre Mondy

Napoléon Bonaparte

Martine Carol

Martine Carol

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

Pauline Bonaparte

Leslie Caron

Leslie Caron

Mlle de Vaudey

Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio De Sica

le pape Pie VII

Elvira Popescu

Elvira Popescu

Lætitia Bonaparte

Jean Marais

Jean Marais

Carnot

Michel Simon

Michel Simon

Alboise

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Robert Fulton

Georges Marchal

Georges Marchal

Le maréchal Jean Lannes

Jack Palance

Jack Palance

Gen. Weirother

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Ségur fils

Rossano Brazzi

Rossano Brazzi

Lucien Bonaparte

Jean Mercure

Jean Mercure

Talleyrand

Anna Maria Ferrero

Anna Maria Ferrero

Elisa Bonaparte

Ettore Manni

Ettore Manni

Lucien Bonaparte

Anna Moffo

Anna Moffo

La Grassini

Daniela Rocca

Daniela Rocca

Caroline Bonaparte

Janez Vrhovec

Janez Vrhovec

François II d'Autriche

Roland Bartrop

Roland Bartrop

Nelson

Jean-Marc Bory

Jean-Marc Bory

Soult

Raoul Billerey

Raoul Billerey

Savary

Guy Haurey

Guy Haurey

Friant

Jean-François Rémi

Jean-François Rémi

Duroc

Anthony Stuart

Anthony Stuart

William Pitt

Polikarp Pavlov

Polikarp Pavlov

Gen. Koutouzoff

Lucien Raimbourg

Lucien Raimbourg

Fouche

Henri Vidon

Henri Vidon

Fox

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