Austerlitz | |
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Directed by | Abel Gance |
Written by | Abel Gance Nelly Kaplan Roger Richebé |
Produced by | Antoinette Coty Alexander Salkind |
Starring | Pierre Mondy Martine Carol Claudia Cardinale Leslie Caron |
Cinematography | Henri Alekan Robert Juillard |
Edited by | Léonide Azar Yvonne Martin |
Music by | Jean Ledrut |
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Countries | France Italy Yugoslavia |
Language | French |
Box office | 3,460,070 admissions (France) [1] |
Austerlitz is a 1960 French historical drama film directed by Abel Gance and starring Jean Marais, Rossano Brazzi, Martine Carol, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio De Sica, Orson Welles, Leslie Caron and Jean-Louis Trintignant. Pierre Mondy portrays Napoleon in this film about his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz. Leslie Caron plays the role of his mistress Élisabeth Le Michaud d'Arçon. [2]
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Composer Jean Ledrut claimed that "La Marche d'Austerlitz" from his score had been plagiarised by producer/composer Joe Meek in the 1962 pop hit "Telstar". The case was eventually dismissed, but the lawsuit prevented Meek from receiving royalties from the record during his lifetime, and the issue was not resolved in Meek's favour until three weeks after his suicide in 1967. Austerlitz was not released in the UK until 1965, and Meek was unaware of the film when the lawsuit was filed in March 1963. [4] [5]
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