The Hostage of Europe

1989· 117 min★ 6.4· Drama, History

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.

Cast: Roland Blanche, Vernon Dobtcheff, François Berléand

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz