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Status
Released
Release
1961
Runtime
1h 45m
The story of Napoleon 1st's long-awaited son, born in 1911. He spent his childhood in the Tuileries, before being separated from his father and taken in and raised by his grandfather, Emperor Francis, who made him an Austrian prince.
25 Cast Members
Bernard Verley
Napoleon II, Duke of Reichstadt
Danièle Gaubert
Thérèse Pêche
Jean Marais
General de Montholon
François Maistre
Prince Metternich
Marianne Koch
Empress Marie Louise
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Gustav von Neipperg
Georges Marchal
General Gustav von Neipperg
Jean-Marc Thibault
Napoleon
Liliane Patrick
Camerata
René Dary
Educator of the Duke
Jacques Jouanneau
Esterhazy
Paul Hubschmid
Prokesch
Josef Meinrad
Emperor Franz I of Austria
Anthony Stuart
Ambassador of Great Britain
Paul Cambo
Ambassador of France
Sabine Sinjen
Archduchess Sophie
Raymond Gérôme
Apponyi
Yves Bouquillion
René Clermont
Jean-Pascal Duffard
Duke of Reichstadt as a child