The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

Austerlitz (original title)

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2h 46min
Drama, History
1960 (Yugoslavia)
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Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians.

Director:

Abel Gance

Writers:

Abel Gance, Nelly Kaplan, Roger Richebé

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1 nomination.
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Still of Claudia Cardinale (I) and Daniela Rocca in The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

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Still of Claudia Cardinale (I), Anna Maria Ferrero and Daniela Rocca in The Battle of Austerlitz (1960)

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	Pierre Mondy	...	Napoléon Bonaparte
	Martine Carol	...	Joséphine de Beauharnais
	Claudia Cardinale	...	Pauline Bonaparte
	Leslie Caron	...	Mlle de Vaudey
	Vittorio De Sica	...	Pope Pius VII
	Elvire Popesco	...	Laetitia Bonaparte
	Jean Marais	...	Carnot
	Michel Simon	...	Alboise
	Orson Welles	...	Robert Fulton
	Georges Marchal	...	Le maréchal Jean Lannes
	Jack Palance	...	Gen. Weirother
	Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Ségur fils
	Rossano Brazzi	...	Lucien Bonaparte
	Jean Mercure	...	Talleyrand
	Anna Maria Ferrero	...	Elisa Bonaparte
	Ettore Manni	...	Lucien Bonaparte
	Anna Moffo	...	La Grassini
	Daniela Rocca	...	Caroline Bonaparte
	Janez Vrhovec	...	François II d'Autriche
	Roland Bartrop	...	Nelson
	Antoine Baud
	Jean Berger
	Raoul Billerey	...	Savary
	Jean-Marc Bory	...	Soult
	Claude Carliez	...	Margaron
	Claude Conty	...	Prince Dolgaroukow
	Guy d'Avout	...	(as Davout D'Auerstaedt)
	Guy Delorme	...	Exelmans
	Georges Demas
	Jacques Castelot	...	Cambacérès
	André Certes	...	Berthier
	Louis Eymond
	Guy Haurey	...	Friant
	Jean-Louis Horbette	...	Constant
	Nelly Kaplan	...	Madame Récamier
	Pierre Marteville
	Jean-François Rémi	...	Duroc
	Jean-Louis Richard
	Anthony Stuart	...	William Pitt
	Polycarpe Pavloff	...	Gen. Koutouzoff
	Pierre Peloux	...	Daru
	Lucien Raimbourg	...	Fouché
	André Randall	...	Whitworth (as Randall)
	Pierre Tabard	...	Langeron
	Maurice Teynac	...	Schulmeister
	Henri Vidon	...	Fox
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Gabriele Antonini	...	Josephine's Lover (uncredited)
	Relja Basic	...	Austrian Officer (uncredited)
	Marcel Bernier	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Rikard Brzeska	...	Officer (uncredited)
	Henri Cote	...	(uncredited)
	Albert Daumergue	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Hubert de Malet	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Jean Degrave	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Fernand Fabre	...	(uncredited)
	Paolo Gozlino	...	La Grassni's Lover (uncredited)
	Henri-Jacques Huet	...	(uncredited)
	Emil Kutijaro	...	Officer (uncredited)
	Vladimir Leib	...	Weirother's Lieutnant (uncredited)
	Robert Lepagès	...	(uncredited)
	Rico Lopez	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Roland Malet	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Gaston Meunier	...	Petit rôle (uncredited)
	Djokic Milutin	...	Preferance Player (uncredited)
	Antun Nalis	...	(uncredited)
	André Oumansky	...	Secrétaire de Napoléon (uncredited)
	Raymond Pierson	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Nikola Popovic	...	Officer (uncredited)
	Milivoje Popovic-Mavid	...	Officer (uncredited)
	José Squinquel	...	Petit Rôle (uncredited)
	Tito Strozzi	...	Officer (uncredited)
	Hugues Wanner	...	(uncredited)
	Dominique Zardi	...	(uncredited)
	Kresimir Zidaric	...	(uncredited)

Directed by

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Abel Gance

Written by

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Abel Gance	...	()

Nelly Kaplan	...	()

Roger Richebé	...	()

Produced by

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Alberto Barsanti	...	producer
Antoinette Coty	...	associate producer
Roger Richebé	...	producer
Alexander Salkind	...	producer (as Alexandre Salkind)
Michael Salkind	...	producer (as Michel Salkind)

Music by

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Jean Ledrut

Cinematography by

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Henri Alekan
Robert Juillard

Editing by

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Léonide Azar
Yvonne Martin
Mario Serandrei

Editorial Department

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Kenout Peltier

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second editor

Production Design by

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Jean Douarinou

Costume Design by

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Elisabeth Simon

Makeup Department

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Hagop Arakelian	...	makeup artist
Igor Keldich	...	makeup artist

Production Management

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Georges Charlot	...	assistant production manager
Dominique Drouin	...	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nelly Kaplan	...	assistant director
Pierre Lary	...	assistant director
Louis Pascal	...	assistant director
Bata Stojanovic	...	assistant director

Art Department

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Gilbert Brugaillère	...	assistant decorator
Marc Desages	...	assistant decorator
Jean Taillandier	...	assistant decorator

Sound Department

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Pierre-Louis Calvet	...	sound
Maurice Dagonneau	...	sound assistant
Roger Tavernier	...	sound assistant

Special Effects by

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Costel Grozea

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special effects

Stunts

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Claude Carliez

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stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Milan Babic	...	camera operator
Louis Cochet	...	gaffer
Robert Foucard	...	camera operator
Raymond Menvielle	...	first assistant camera
Drago Novac	...	gaffer
Roland Paillas	...	first assistant camera (as Roland Paillais)
Raymond Picon-Borel	...	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Madeleine Charlot	...	key costumer
Ferdinand Junker	...	key costumer
Léon Zay	...	key costumer

Location Management

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Jean Alexandre	...	location manager
N. Juneau	...	location manager

Script and Continuity Department

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Marcelle Hochet

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script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Tony Adès	...	trainee assistant accountant
Stanley Barry	...	choreographer
Paul Maigret	...	production accountant
François Nadal	...	technical advisor: horseriding
Alexander Salkind	...	presenter (as Alexandre Salkind)
André Smagghe	...	technical advisor
Yves Brainville	...	voice dubbing: Orson Welles (uncredited)
Claire Guibert	...	voice dubbing: Claudia Cardinale (uncredited)
Hans Verner	...	voice dubbing: Jack Palance (uncredited)

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France (1960) (France) (theatrical)
Lux Film (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
Optima (1960) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Suomen Filmiteollisuus (1960) (Finland) (theatrical)
UFA-Filmverleih (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (1965) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
IDA films (2009) (Spain) (DVD)
Arthaus (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
Sinister Cinema (2016) (United States) (DVD) (as 'The Battle of Austeritz')
Netflix (2021) (Non-US) (video) (VOD) (several territories in Europe)
Filmjuwelen (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Filmjuwelen (2023) (Germany) (DVD)
Carrere Group D.A. (1983) (France) (VHS)
ClassicLine (Brazil) (DVD)
Fonit Cetra Video (Italy) (VHS)
StudioCanal (World-wide)
Svenska Walthers Video (SW) (1982) (Sweden) (video)
Tamasa Distribution (France)
USA Home Video (United States) (VHS)

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Editions Hortensia (music publishing company)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Another of Napoleon's adventures in this epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where he had the greatest victory of his career, over the Russians. Written by Adalberto Fornario Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	year-1805 french-empire french-officer treaty-violation international-treaty See All (61) »
Genres	Drama History War
Parents Guide	Add content advisory for parents »
Certification	Argentina:16 Finland:K-16 Finland:K-15 France:Tous publics Iceland:L Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:12 (Netflix) Norway:12 (Netflix self-rating) Portugal:M/6 Sweden:15 (video rating) United Kingdom:U West Germany:12

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Also Known As	Napoleone ad Austerlitz (Italy) The Battle of Austerlitz (United States) The Battle of Austerlitz (World-wide, English title) The Battle of Austerlitz (United Kingdom) Slaget ved Austerlitz (Norway) See more »
Runtime	166 min
Country	France Italy Yugoslavia Liechtenstein
Language	French
Color	Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono
Filming Locations	Studios de Saint-Maurice, Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France See more »

Box Office

Budget

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia	In the 1920s Abel Gance had written a six-part movie biography of Napoleon. He shot the first part (Napoleon (1927)), which turned out to be a financial disaster. He sold the sixth part to Lupu Pick, who shot Napoleon at St. Helena (1929). Wanting to make a comeback at the end of the 1950s, Gance rewrote the third part to make it "Austerlitz". See more »
Goofs	In the scene in William Pitt's office in London which is set in the early 1800's, you can see in the background through the window the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben, 60 years before they were built. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Seul le cinéma (1994). See more »

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