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The Hostage of Europe
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Wikipedia article
'Jeniec Europy' is a Polish historical film based on the novel by Juliusz Dankowski. It was released in 1989.
Plot
Year 1815. Napoleon I, after the defeat at Waterloo, is exiled to the Isle of St. Helena. He is accompanied by servants and the most faithful friends. They are assigned the Longwood Estate. A new governor, Hudson Lowe, appears on the island with allied representatives: Count Balmain from Russia, Baron von Sturmer from Austria and the Marquis of Montchenu from France. There are skirmishes between the governor and the prisoner.
Cast
* Roland Blanche : Napoleon Bonaparte
* Vernon Dobtcheff : Hudson Lowe
* Franois Berland : General Montholon
* Didier Flamand : General Bertrand
* Ronald Guttman : General Gougaud
* Jean-Jacques Moreau : Marchand
* Catriona MacColl : Lady Lowe
* Maria Gadkowska : Madame Montholon
* Isabelle Petit-Jacques : Madame Bertrand
* Georges Claisse : Thomas Reade
* Jay Benedict : Captain Henry Fox
* Jean-Franois Delacour : Las Cases
* Daniel Langlet : Marquise de Montchenu
* Piotr Krukowski : Sturmer
* Czeslaw Wojtala : Duke Balmain
* Marek Sikora : Santini
* Arkadiusz Bazak : Admiral Cockburn
References
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