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The Besieged Fortress (2006)

NR | Nov 22, 2006 (FR) | Documentary, War, History | 02:20

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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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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Marc Lefebvre
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