Eagle in a Cage
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Directed by | Fielder Cook |
Produced by | Millard Lampell Albert Schwartz |
Written by | Millard Lampell |
Starring | See below |
Music by | Marc Wilkinson |
Cinematography | Frano Vodopivec |
Edited by | Max Benedict |
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Distributed by | National General Pictures |
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103 minutes (UK) 98 minutes (USA) |
Country | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Eagle in a Cage is a British and American historical drama film, produced in 1972.
Plot summary
After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and surrender to the British Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte is delivered into exile and imprisonment on St. Helena, setting the scene for a psychological character study of the fallen Emperor and those upon the island with him as he rakes over the ashes of his career. After a failed escape attempt, the British Government offers him a chance for a return to limited power in France once again as a buffer against instability there, however on the point of departure he is afflicted by the symptoms of stomach cancer and the offer is in consequence withdrawn, leaving him entrapped on the island and exiting history's stage.
Cast
- Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte
- John Gielgud as Lord Sissal
- Ralph Richardson as Sir Hudson Lowe
- Billie Whitelaw as Madame Bertrand
- Moses Gunn as General Gaspard Gourgaud
- Ferdy Mayne as Count Bertrand
- Lee Montague as Cipriani
- Georgina Hale as Betty Balcombe
- Michael Williams as Barry Edward O'Meara
- Hugh Armstrong as British soldier
- Athol Coats as Sentry
Interesting points
- The production was filmed in Croatia.
- The role of General Gourgand is portrayed by the African-American actor Moses Gunn, whereas the real historical figure was a Frenchman.
- The film was developed from the script of an Emmy award winning television play in the Hallmark Hall of Fame series broadcast in 1965, written by Millard Lampell, with Trevor Howard in the lead role.
See also
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Eagle in a Cage at IMDb
- Eagle in a Cage is available for free download at the Internet Archive
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- 1972 films
- English-language films
- Articles with Internet Archive links
- American films
- Biographical films about Napoleon
- 1970s drama films
- American drama films
- National General Pictures films
- Films set on islands
- Films set in the 1810s
- Films set in the 1820s
- Films based on teleplays
- 1970s drama film stubs
- Biographical film stubs