Radetzky March (1995)
At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him by elevating him in society to a position quite out of keeping with his social rank, and which entirely alienates him from his farming background: Joseph gets promoted to the rank of captain, and is made a member of the nobility. Years later Joseph von Trotta accidentally finds a description of the battle that changed his life in a text-book belonging to his son Franz. Enraged at the over-emotional, patriotic and sentimental way in which the Emperor's rescue at the hands of "the Hero of Solferino" is depicted, he lodges a complaint at the Imperial Court.
Release date: 1995-12-27
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Orginal language: Deutsch
Director: Gernot Roll
Writers: Jean Lagache, Erik Orsenna
Novel: Joseph Roth
Seasons
Main cast
Max von Sydow
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Charlotte Rampling
as Valérie von Taussig
Claude Rich
as Dr. Demant
Jean-Louis Richard
as Kapturak
Julia Stemberger
as Eva Demant
Friedrich von Thun
as Rittmeister Taittinger
Ernst Stankovski
as Kapellmeister Nechval
Michael Schönborn
as Tattenbach
Fritz Muliar
as Herr Knopfmacher
Alexander Strobele
as Held von Solferino
Karlheinz Hackl
as Wagner
Dagmar Koller
as Nachtigall aus Mariahilf
Elena Sofia Ricci
as Catherine Slama
Miguel Herz-Kestranek
as Kaiser um 40
Rest of the main cast - click here to expand
Tilman Günther - Baron Trotta von Sipolje, Gert Voss - Graf Chojnicki, Friedrich W. Bauschulte - Kaiser Franz Joseph, Franz Tscherne - Junger Kaiser
Crew - click here to expand
Joseph Roth - Novel, Jean Lagache - Writer, Susanne Hartmann - Editor, Michael Wolkenstein - Producer, Erik Orsenna - Writer, Zbigniew Preisner - Original Music Composer, Christine Gouze-Rénal - Producer, Ian Voigt - Sound, Franz Bauer - Production Design, Mel Kutbay - Foley Artist, Uli Fessler - Costume Design