UK / USA / Yugoslavia,
1971, 103 min
Directed by:
Fielder CookScreenplay:
Millard LampellCinematography:
Frano VodopivecComposer:
Marc WilkinsonCast:
John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Billie Whitelaw, Kenneth Haigh, Moses Gunn, Ferdy Mayne, Lee Montague, Georgina HalePlots(1)
This is an underrated film about Napoleon Bonaparte in his years of exile on St. Helena. It's story is told from the island governor's point of view, played by Sir John Gielgud. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![John Gielgud](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/405/164405827_80acb2.png)
John Gielgud
UK
Best movies:
The Elephant Man (1980)
Gandhi (1982)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Billie Whitelaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270447_7a91b2.jpg)
Billie Whitelaw
UK
Best movies:
The Omen (1976)
The Water Babies (1978)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
![Kenneth Haigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/869/160869957_0e0fb2.gif)
Kenneth Haigh
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Cleopatra (1963)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) (series)
![Moses Gunn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280531_664475.jpg)
Moses Gunn
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Roots (1977) (series)
Ragtime (1981)
![Ferdy Mayne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272652_dfd257.jpg)
Ferdy Mayne
German Empire
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
The Password is Courage (1962)
![Lee Montague](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/104/160104965_92b374.jpg)
Lee Montague
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
![Georgina Hale](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/354/158354502_b03432.gif)
Georgina Hale
UK
Best movies:
McVicar (1980)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)