The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

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Overview
Cast & Crew

Austerlitz is a 1960 film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jean Marais, Rossano Brazzi, Martine Carol, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio de Sica, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Pierre Mondy portrays Napoleon in this film about his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. Leslie Caron plays the role of his mistress Élisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon.

Original Release

06/17/1960

Cast

Name	Character

Pierre Mondy	Napoléon Bonaparte
Jean Marais	Carnot / Lazare Carnot
Martine Carol	Joséphine de Beauharnais
Elvire Popesco	Laetitia Bonaparte / Lætitia Bonaparte
Georges Marchal	Le maréchal Jean Lannes / Jean Lannes
Vittorio De Sica	Pope Pius VII / le pape Pie VII
Michel Simon	Alboise
Rossano Brazzi	Lucien Bonaparte
Claudia Cardinale	Pauline Bonaparte
Leslie Caron	Mlle de Vaudey / Elisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon, baronne de Vaudey

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Abel Gance

Writers

Abel Gance, Nelly Kaplan, Roger Richebé

Cast

Name	Character

Pierre Mondy	Napoléon Bonaparte
Jean Marais	Carnot / Lazare Carnot
Martine Carol	Joséphine de Beauharnais
Elvire Popesco	Laetitia Bonaparte / Lætitia Bonaparte
Georges Marchal	Le maréchal Jean Lannes / Jean Lannes
Vittorio De Sica	Pope Pius VII / le pape Pie VII
Michel Simon	Alboise
Rossano Brazzi	Lucien Bonaparte
Claudia Cardinale	Pauline Bonaparte
Leslie Caron	Mlle de Vaudey / Elisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon, baronne de Vaudey
Orson Welles	Robert Fulton
Jack Palance	Gen. Weirother
Jean-Louis Trintignant	Ségur fils
Jean Mercure	Talleyrand
Anna Maria Ferrero	Elisa Bonaparte
Ettore Manni	Lucien Bonaparte
Anna Moffo	La Grassini
Daniela Rocca	Caroline Bonaparte
Janez Vrhovec	François II d'Autriche
Roland Bartrop	Nelson