Radetzky March

At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him by elevating him in society to a position quite out of keeping with his social rank, and which entirely alienates him from his farming background: Joseph gets promoted to the rank of captain, and is made a member of the nobility. Years later Joseph von Trotta accidentally finds a description of the battle that changed his life in a text-book belonging to his son Franz. Enraged at the over-emotional, patriotic and sentimental way in which the Emperor's rescue at the hands of "the Hero of Solferino" is depicted, he lodges a complaint at the Imperial Court.

Cast

Max von Sydow Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje

Tilman Günther Baron Trotta von Sipolje

Charlotte Rampling Valérie von Taussig Claude Rich Dr. Demant Jean-Louis Richard Kapturak Julia Stemberger Eva Demant Gert Voss Graf Chojnicki Friedrich von Thun Rittmeister Taittinger Ernst Stankovski Kapellmeister Nechval Michael Schönborn Tattenbach Fritz Muliar Herr Knopfmacher Friedrich W. Bauschulte Kaiser Franz Joseph

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