Eagle in a Cage is an Anglo-American historical drama film, produced in 1972.
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Directed by | Fielder Cook |
Written by | Millard Lampell |
Produced by | Millard Lampell Albert Schwartz |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Frano Vodopivec |
Edited by | Max Benedict |
Music by | Marc Wilkinson |
Production company | Group W Productions |
Distributed by | National General Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes (UK) 98 minutes (USA) |
Countries | United States United Kingdom |
Language | English |
After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and surrender to the British Empire, Napoleon Bonaparte is delivered into exile and imprisonment on St. Helena, setting the scene for a psychological character study of the fallen Emperor and those upon the island with him as he rakes over the ashes of his career. After a failed escape attempt, the British Government offers him a chance for a return to limited power in France once again as a buffer against instability there; however, on the point of departure he is afflicted by the symptoms of stomach cancer and the offer is in consequence withdrawn, leaving him entrapped on the island and exiting history's stage.
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