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Directed by | Jean Alden-Delos |
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Based on | Les Demi-soldes by Georges d'Esparbès |
Produced by | Jean Alden-Delos |
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Cinematography | Jean Lehérissey |
Edited by | Madeleine Bagiau |
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Production company | Tranon Films |
Distributed by | Distribution Française de Films |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
The Agony of the Eagles (French: L'agonie des aigles) is a 1952 French historical drama film directed by Jean Alden-Delos and starring Roger Pigaut, Charles Moulin and Noël Roquevert.[1] Two previous films of the story had been made a 1922 silent film and a 1933 sound film. The film's sets were designed by the art director Claude Bouxin.
Following Waterloo, Napoleon is defeated and in exile. Colonel de Montander, a veteran of the Napoleonic War, hatches a plot to restore the French Empire by placing the imprisoned, young Napoleon II on the throne.