Young Medardus

Young Medardus

124 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 5, 1923

Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.

Young Medardus

124 mins | Drama, History | Oct. 5, 1923

Young Medardus
Patriotic Austrian costume drama, about the martyr Medardus who opposed Napoleon's occupation of Vienna in 1809. The plot proceeds in a series of confrontations with Medardus, his mother and sister, the blind exiled Count of Valois, his ambitious daughter, and Napoleon himself (portrayed as a cool strategist), including several brief flashbacks.
Producers Sascha-Film
Original title Der junge Medardus
Directors Arthur Gottlein, Michael Curtiz
Writers Ladislaus Vajda, Arthur Schnitzler

Cast

Anny Hornik

as Agathe, seine Schwester

Mari Hegyesi

as Frau Klähr, seine Mutter

Egon von Jordan

as Etzel

Mihail Xantho

as Napoleon

Mary Stone

as Anna

Franz Glawatsch

as Berger

Gyula Szöreghy

as Eschenbacher

Josef König

as Wachshuber

Ludwig Rethey

as Duke of Valois

Agnes Esterhazy

as Helene

Karel Lamač

as Franz

Ferdinand Onno

as Marquis de Valois

Victor Varconi

as Medardus Klähr