The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1923
Young Medardus
Directed by
Michael Curtiz
Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.
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Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.
Cast
Anny HornikAgathe, seine Schwester
Mari HegyesiFrau Klähr, seine Mutter
Egon von JordanEtzel
Mihail XanthoNapoleon
Mary StoneAnna
Franz GlawatschBerger
Gyula SzöreghyEschenbacher
Josef KönigWachshuber
Ludwig RetheyDuke of Valois
Agnes EsterhazyHelene
Karel LamačFranz
Ferdinand OnnoMarquis de Valois
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