The Besieged Fortress

2006 | 2 h 20mins |U/A 13+| Documentary | War | History

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.

Starring: Patrick Mille, Jacques Pater, François Cluzet,