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Wikipedia article




'Eagle in a Cage' is an Anglo-American historical drama film, produced in 1972.

Plot summary



After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and surrender to the British Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte is delivered into exile and imprisonment on St. Helena, setting the scene for a psychological character study of the fallen Emperor and those upon the island with him as he rakes over the ashes of his career. After a failed escape attempt, the British Government offers him a chance for a return to limited power in France once again as a buffer against instability there; however, on the point of departure he is afflicted by the symptoms of stomach cancer and the offer is in consequence withdrawn, leaving him entrapped on the island and exiting history's stage.

Cast



*Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte

*John Gielgud as Lord Sissal

*Ralph Richardson as Sir Hudson Lowe

*Billie Whitelaw as Madame Bertrand

*Moses Gunn as General Gaspard Gourgaud

*Ferdy Mayne as Count Henri Gatien Bertrand

*Lee Montague as Cipriani

*Georgina Hale as Betsy Balcombe

*Michael Williams as Barry Edward O'Meara

*Hugh Armstrong as British soldier

*Athol Coats as Sentry

See also



* List of American films of 1972


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