28 Oct 1938
Suez
Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
The Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
Top Billed Cast
Pierre Mondy Napoléon Bonaparte
Martine Carol Joséphine de Beauharnais
Claudia Cardinale Pauline Bonaparte
Leslie Caron Mlle de Vaudey
Elvira Popescu Lætitia Bonaparte
Jean Marais Carnot
Michel Simon Alboise
Georges Marchal Le maréchal Jean Lannes
Jack Palance Gen. Weirother
Jean-Louis Trintignant Ségur fils
Rossano Brazzi Lucien Bonaparte
Jean Mercure Talleyrand
Anna Maria Ferrero Elisa Bonaparte
Ettore Manni Lucien Bonaparte
Anna Moffo La Grassini
Daniela Rocca Caroline Bonaparte
Janez Vrhovec François II d'Autriche
Roland Bartrop Nelson
Jean-Marc Bory Soult
Raoul Billerey Savary
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