The Besieged Fortress

A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.

Patrick Mille

Charles-Henri Mondel

Jacques Pater

Commandant Teyssier

François Cluzet

Napoléon III

Virginie Ledoyen

Impératrice Eugénie

Bertrand Constant

Adjudant Schmidt

Marc Lefebvre

Soldat français

• Gérard MordillatDirector

Release date

November 22, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

2h 20m

Genres

Documentary, War, History