DocumentaryWarHistory

The Besieged Fortress

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

November 22, 2006

2h 20m

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.