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The Besieged Fortress

A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.

Top Cast

  • Patrick Mille

    Patrick Mille

    Charles-Henri Mondel

  • Jacques Pater

    Jacques Pater

    Commandant Teyssier

  • François Cluzet

    François Cluzet

    Napoléon III

  • Virginie Ledoyen

    Virginie Ledoyen

    Impératrice Eugénie

  • Bertrand Constant

    Bertrand Constant

    Adjudant Schmidt

  • Marc Lefebvre

    Marc Lefebvre

    Soldat français

Overview

A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.

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