The Eaglet (1931 film)

1931 film

The Eaglet

Directed by| Viktor Tourjansky
Written by| Edmond Rostand (play)
Wolfgang Goetz
Adolf E. Licho
Pierre-Gilles Veber
Produced by| Adolphe Osso
Starring| Jean Weber
Victor Francen
Henri Desfontaines
Cinematography| Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by| Andrée Danis
Tonka Taldy
Music by| Edouard Flament

Production
company

Les Films Osso

Distributed by| Les Films Osso

Release date

* 28 August 1931 (1931-08-28)

Running time

| 109 minutes
Country| France
Language| French

The Eaglet (French: L'aiglon) is a 1931 French historical drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Jean Weber, Victor Francen, and Henri Desfontaines.[1] It is an adaptation of the play L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand, which portrays the life of Napoleon II. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

A separate German-language version The Duke of Reichstadt was also made. It was directed by Tourjansky but featuring a different cast.

## Cast

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* Jean Weber as L'aiglon (Napoleon II)
* Victor Francen as Flambeau
* Henri Desfontaines as Metternich
* Simone Vaudry as Thérèse de Lorget
* Georges Colin as Le maréchal Marmont
* Jeanne Boitel as La comtesse Camerata
* Gustave Berthier as Gentz
* Henri Kerny as Sedlinsky
* Jenny Hélia as L'impératrice Marie-Louise
* Roger Blum as Prokesch
* Fordyce as Fanny Elssler
* de Kerdec as Tiburce
* Henri Debain as Le sergent
* Camille Beuve as Le général Hartmann
* Raymond de Boncour as Le tailleur
* Nilda Duclos as L'archiduchesse
* Jean Diéner as Le docteur
* Émile Drain as Napoléon
* Georges Deneubourg
* Alexandre Mathillon

## References

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1. ^ Goble p.398

## Bibliography

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* Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

## External links

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* The Eaglet at IMDb

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Films by Victor Tourjansky

* The Masked Woman (1924)
* That Scoundrel Morin (1924)
* Prince Charming (1925)
* Michel Strogoff (1926)
* Tempest (1928)
* The Adventurer (1928)
* Volga Volga (1928)
* Manolescu (1929)
* The Eaglet (1931)
* The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
* The Unknown Singer (1931)
* Student's Hotel (1932)
* The Orderly (1933)
* Volga in Flames (1934)
* The Battle (1934)
* Dark Eyes (1935)
* The World's in Love (1935)
* La Peur (1936)
* City of Anatol (1936)
* Wells in Flames (1937)
* The Lie of Nina Petrovna (1937)
* Faded Melody (1938)
* Secret Code LB 17 (1938)
* The Blue Fox (1938)
* The Postmaster's Daughter (1938)
* The Governor (1939)
* A Woman Like You (1939)
* Enemies (1940)
* The Chaste Beloved (1940)
* Illusion (1941)
* Love Stories (1943)
* Tonelli (1943)
* Orient Express (1944)
* Three Times Comedy (1945)
* The Blue Straw Hat (1949)
* The Man Who Wanted to Live Twice (1950)
* Chased by the Devil (1950)
* Marriage for One Night (1953)
* Salto Mortale (1953)
* Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
* Daybreak (1954)
* Island of the Dead (1955)
* The Royal Waltz (1955)
* The Goddess of Love (1957)
* Heart Without Mercy (1958)
* Herod the Great (1959)
* Prisoner of the Volga (1959)
* The Cossacks (1960)
* The Pharaohs' Woman (1960)
* The Triumph of Michael Strogoff (1961)
* A Queen for Caesar (1962)

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