Napoleon at Saint Helena
| Napoleon at Saint Helena | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lupu Pick |
| Produced by |
Peter Ostermayr Ottmar Ostermayr Serge Sandberg Lupu Pick |
| Written by |
Abel Gance Willy Haas Lupu Pick |
| Starring |
Werner Krauss Hanna Ralph Albert Bassermann Philippe Hériat |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
| Cinematography |
Robert Baberske Ludwig Lippert Fritz Arno Wagner Friedrich Weinmann |
Production company |
Peter Ostermayr Produktion |
| Distributed by | Deutsche Lichtspiel-Syndikat |
Release dates | 7 November 1929 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language |
Silent German intertitles |
Napoleon at Saint Helena (German: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph and Albert Bassermann. The film depicts the final years of Napoleon between 1815 and 1821 during his period of exile on the British Atlantic island of Saint Helena following his defeat at Waterloo.[1]
Cast
- Werner Krauss as Napoleon
- Hanna Ralph as Madame Bertrand
- Albert Bassermann as Hudson Lowe - Gouverneur von St. Helena
- Philippe Hériat as General Bertrand
- Louis V. Arco as Graf Montholon
- Suzy Pierson as Madame Montholon
- Hermann Thimig as General Gourgaud
- Paul Henckels as Baron Las Cases
- Georges Péclet as Kammerdiener Marchand
- Theodor Loos as Hauptmann Pionkowski
- Erwin Kalser as Dr. O'Meara
- Hugh Douglas as Captain Maitland
- Fritz Odemar as Leutnant Nichols
- Eduard von Winterstein as General Blücher
- Albert Florath as Louis XVIII
- Fritz Staudte as Talleyrand
- Max Kaufmann as Kaiser Franz II von Österreich
- Camillo Kossuth as Fürst Metternich
- Alfred Gerasch as Tsar Alexander I
- Philipp Manning as Lord Holland
- Günther Hadank as Lord Wellington
- Karl Etlinger as Buchhändler Simon
- Jaro Fürth as Dr. Arnott
- Ernst Rotmund as Oberst Reed
- Magnus Stifter as Admiral Cockburn
- Lilli Weiss as Kind
- Matti Prinz as Kind
- Martin Kosleck
- Hermann Böttcher
- Franz Schafheitlin
- Stella Harf
- John Mylong
- Arthur von Klein
- Petra Unkel
References
- ↑ Prawer p.87
Bibliography
- Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: Jewish Presences in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933. Berghahn Books, 2007.
External links
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