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Drama

Radetzky March

1995 1 season 3 episodes limited series
64 Pulse
7.7 IMDb
One evening 4 hours
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Plot

At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him by elevating him in society to a position quite out of keeping with his social rank, and which entirely alienates him from his farming background: Joseph gets promoted to the rank of captain, and is made a member of the nobility. Years later Joseph von Trotta accidentally finds a description of the battle that changed his life in a text-book belonging to his son Franz. Enraged at the over-emotional, patriotic and sentimental way in which the Emperor's rescue at the hands of "the Hero of Solferino" is depicted, he lodges a complaint at the Imperial Court.

Credits

Created by: Gernot Roll

Cast: Max von Sydow, Tilman Günther, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Jean-Louis Richard, Julia Stemberger

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