Film · Drama, History

Young Medardus (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.

Director

Michael Curtiz

Writers

Ladislaus Vajda, Arthur Schnitzler

Country

Austria, Germany

Language

xx

Release date

October 5, 1923

Original title

Der junge Medardus