Young Medardus(1923)

movie - first aired/released 1923-10-05 - 124 min - audience 5.3

History, Drama

Directed by Michael Curtiz

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.