Synopsis
During the Restoration, Napoleon’s officers were retired and had to live on half-pay. Useless and idle, they lost all their prestige and spent their time gathering in the hope of his return. Upon the death of the emperor, they conspired to offer the throne to the Eaglet (Napoleon’s son).
Technical data
- Genre: Drame
- Duration: 2h05
- Director: Roger Richebé
- Scriptwriter: Marcel Pagnol, d’après le roman épique de Georges d’Esparbès
- Dialogues: Marcel Pagnol
- Set design: Georges Wakhévitch, Marc Lauer
- Costumes: Jacques Heim
- Photography: André Dantan, Julien Coutelen, Roger Forster, Enzo Riccioni
- Sound: Marcel Courmes
- Music: Vincent Scotto
- Editing: Jean Mamy
- Country: France
Distribution
- Annie Ducaux: Lise Dorian
- Pierre Renoir: colonel Gérard de Montander
- Constant Rémy: Captain Jean-Baptiste Doguereau
- Louis Zellas: Captain Chouard
- Jean Debucourt: Lieutenant Pascal de Breuilly
- Marcel André: The Police Prefect
- Berthe Fusier: Countess d’Ormesson
- Gustave Berthier: President of the Court
- Christian Argentin: Minister Joseph de Villèle
- Léo Courtois: Adolphe Gustave Goglu
- Georges Prieur: Grandaye
- Antoine Balpêtré: Commander Thiéry
- Philippe Rolla: Lieutenant Louis-César Huguenin
- Marc Valbel: Lieutenant Louis-Charles Triaire
- Romain Bouquet: The lawyer
- Geymond Vital: The messenger from Nantes
- Daniel Lecourtois: The young aristocrat
- Florent Di Crado: The policeman
