Pontcarral, Empire Colonel

Overview

For 15 years after Waterloo, a baron refuses to accept the defeat. He reluctantly marries one of 2 Bourbon sisters but lands up dueling with the wife's former lover. Finally he gets a chance to prove himself again in battle.

Directed by Jean Delannoy

Top cast

Pierre Blanchar

Pontcarral

Annie Ducaux

Garlone

Suzy Carrier

Sybille

Charles Granval

Marquis de Ransac

Jean Marchat

Hubert de Rozans

Charlotte Lysès

Madame de Mareilhac

Guillaume de Sax

The general

Marcel Delaître

Austerlitz

Simone Valère

Blanche de Mareilhac

Jacques Louvigny

Mareilhac

L

Lucien Nat

Garron

Alexandre Rignault

The postman

P

Paul Barge

A man in the crowd

A

Alberte Bayol

George Sand

Jacques Beauvais

An officer

Georges Bever

The footman

Louis Blanche

A squire

F

Fernand Blot

A mover

André Carnège

The king's prosecutor

Jean Chaduc

Frédéric Chopin

Details