The Hostage of Europe
Jeniec Europy is a Polish historical film based on the novel by Juliusz Dankowski. It was released in 1989.
| The Hostage of Europe | |
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| Directed by | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Written by | Jerzy Kawalerowicz |
| Based on | Jeniec Europy by Juliusz Dankowski |
| Produced by | Alain Mayor |
| Starring | Roland Blanche Vernon Dobtcheff |
| Cinematography | Wieslaw Zdort |
| Edited by | Józef Bartczak |
| Music by | Maciej Malecki |
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| Distributed by | Cine-Allianz |
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Running time | 124 min |
| Countries | Poland France |
| Languages | Polish French |
Plot
Year 1815. Napoleon I, after the defeat at Waterloo, is exiled to the Isle of St. Helena. He is accompanied by servants and the most faithful friends. They are assigned the Longwood Estate. A new governor, Hudson Lowe, appears on the island with allied representatives: Count Balmain from Russia, Baron von Sturmer from Austria and the Marquis of Montchenu from France. There are skirmishes between the governor and the prisoner.
Cast
- Roland Blanche : Napoleon Bonaparte
- Vernon Dobtcheff : Hudson Lowe
- François Berléand : General Montholon
- Didier Flamand : General Bertrand
- Ronald Guttman : General Gougaud
- Jean-Jacques Moreau : Marchand
- Catriona MacColl : Lady Lowe
- Maria Gładkowska : Madame Montholon
- Isabelle Petit-Jacques : Madame Bertrand
- Georges Claisse : Thomas Reade
- Jay Benedict : Captain Henry Fox
- Jean-François Delacour : Las Cases
- Daniel Langlet : Marquise de Montchenu
- Piotr Krukowski : Sturmer
- Czeslaw Wojtala : Duke Balmain
- Marek Sikora : Santini
- Arkadiusz Bazak : Admiral Cockburn
References
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