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The Besieged Fortress

Name: The Besieged Fortress
Director: Gérard Mordillat
Genre: War, Documentary, History
Released: 2006-11-22T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 140 min
Cast: Patrick Mille, Jacques Pater, François Cluzet, Virginie Ledoyen, Bertrand Constant

(La Forteresse assiégée)

20062h 20mWarDocumentaryHistory

Overview

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.