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Young Medardus (1923)
Directed by Michael Curtiz
History, Drama · 2h 04m
Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.
Cast
A
Anny Hornik
Agathe, seine Schwester
M
Mari Hegyesi
Frau Klähr, seine Mutter
Egon von Jordan
Etzel
M
Mihail Xantho
Napoleon
M
Mary Stone
Anna
F
Franz Glawatsch
Berger
G
Gyula Szöreghy
Eschenbacher
J
Josef König
Wachshuber
L
Ludwig Rethey
Duke of Valois
Agnes Esterhazy
Helene
Karel Lamač
Franz
Ferdinand Onno
Marquis de Valois
Crew
- Director
- Michael Curtiz
- Writer
- Ladislaus Vajda
- Director of Photography
- Eduard von Borsody, Gustav Ucicky
- Producer
- Arnold Pressburger
Details
- Original title
- Der junge Medardus
- Release date
- 1923-10-05
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- XX
- Countries
- Austria
- Production
- Sascha-Film