- Source: The Eaglet (1931 film)
The Eaglet (French: L'aiglon) is a 1931 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jean Weber, Victor Francen, and Henri Desfontaines. 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.
External links
The Eaglet at IMDb