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Young Medardus

Oct 5, 1923

2h 4m

★ 4.9

Overview

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Sascha-Film

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Cast

Agathe, seine Schwester

Anny Hornik

Frau Klähr, seine Mutter

Mari Hegyesi

Etzel

Egon von Jordan

Napoleon

Mihail Xantho

Anna

Mary Stone

Berger

Franz Glawatsch

Eschenbacher

Gyula Szöreghy

Wachshuber

Josef König

Duke of Valois

Ludwig Rethey

Helene

Agnes Esterhazy

Franz

Karel Lamač

Marquis de Valois

Ferdinand Onno

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