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The Emperor's Messenger (1910)

Directed by Luigi Maggi

History, Drama · 11m

After leaving Elba, Napoleon camps in a wood near Grenoble, where a peasant leads him to a gameskeeper's cottage. Napoleon sends an orderly officer with the intention to warn Colonel Labédoyère and his grenadiers in the city, but the guards at the gate turn him back. The gamekeeper and his son volunteer instead, and the boy is hidden in a basket of cabbages carried into the city by a peasant. At the checkpoint, a guard stabs the basket with his bayonet, wounding the boy's arm, but he stays silent and delivers the message before fainting. The next day, Napoleon enters Grenoble in triumph and awards the boy the Legion of Honour.

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Cast

Alberto Capozzi
A
Arrigo Amerio
O
Oreste Grandi The gamekeeper
G
Giuseppe Gray
M
Mirra Principi
D
Dario Silvestri
E
Ercole Vaser
S
Serafino Vite
M
Mario Voller-Buzzi

Crew

Director
Luigi Maggi
Producer
Arturo Ambrosio

Details

Original title
Il corriere dell'imperatore
Release date
1910-06-15
Runtime
11m
Genres
History, Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Italy
Production
Società Anonima Ambrosio