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The Besieged Fortress

0% | Nov 22, 2006 | Documentary, War, History

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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Gérard Mordillat
Director

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Patrick Mille
Charles-Henri Mondel
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Jacques Pater
Commandant Teyssier
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François Cluzet
Napoléon III
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Virginie Ledoyen
Impératrice Eugénie
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Bertrand Constant
Adjudant Schmidt

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