The Hostage of Europe

The Hostage of Europe

117 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 29, 1989

On the island of Saint Helena, a prisoner Napoleon resisted allies who, through the voice of the English governor, Hudson Lowe, tried to humiliate him, break him, poison him in the figurative sense of the word, and perhaps literally.

The Hostage of Europe

117 mins | Drama, History | Sept. 29, 1989

The Hostage of Europe
On the island of Saint Helena, a prisoner Napoleon resisted allies who, through the voice of the English governor, Hudson Lowe, tried to humiliate him, break him, poison him in the figurative sense of the word, and perhaps literally.
Producers Ciné-Alliance, Studio Filmowe Kadr
Original title Jeniec Europy
Directors Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Writers Jerzy Kawalerowicz

Cast

Roland Blanche

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Hudson Lowe

François Berléand

as Generał Charles Tristan de Montholon

Didier Flamand

as Generał Henri Gatien Bertrand

Ronald Guttman

as Generał Gaspard Gourgaud

Maria Gładkowska

as Madame Albine de Montholon

Leon Charewicz

as Lokaj

Arkadiusz Bazak

as Admirał George Cockburn

Piotr Grabowski

as Engilsh Officer

Isabelle Petit-Jacques

as Madame Bertrand

Catriona MacColl

as Lady Lowe

Jean Barney

as Cipriani

Georges Claisse

as Thomas Reade

Daniel Langlet

as Marquis de Montchenu

Jean-Jacques Moreau

as Marchand

Jay Benedict

as Captain Henry Fox

Piotr Krukowski

as Baron Sturmer

Czesław Wojtała

as Count Balmain

Natalia Dontcheva

as Suzanne Lowe

Wojciech Kępczyński

as Dr O'Meara

Vasil Botchvarov

as Dr Antomarchi

Ludomir Biedecki

as Las Cases' son

Monika Kuklińska

as Baroness Sturmer

Bogumił Atanasow

as English officer

Panajot Canajew

as English petty officer

Ryszard Radwański

as butler

Marek Sikora

as butler Santini

Cwetan Vatev

as English officer