The Eaglet (French: ) is a 1931 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jean Weber, Victor Francen, and Henri Desfontaines.Goble p.398 It is an adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon II. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.
A separate German-language version The Duke of Reichstadt was also made. It was directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast.
Cast Jean Weber as L'aiglon (Napoleon II) Victor Francen as Flambeau Henri Desfontaines as Metternich Simone Vaudry as Thérèse de Lorget Georges Colin as Le maréchal Marmont Jeanne Boitel as La comtesse Camerata Gustave Berthier as Gentz Henri Kerny as Sedlinsky Jenny Hélia as L'impératrice Marie-Louise Roger Blum as Prokesch Fordyce as Fanny Elssler de Kerdec as Tiburce Henri Debain as Le sergent Camille Beuve as Le général Hartmann Raymond de Boncour as Le tailleur Nilda Duclos as L'archiduchesse Jean Diéner as Le docteur Émile Drain as Napoléon Georges Deneubourg Alexandre Mathillon
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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