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At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him by elevating him in society to a position quite out of keeping with his social rank, and which entirely alienates him from his farming background: Joseph gets promoted to the rank of captain, and is made a member of the nobility. Years later Joseph von Trotta accidentally finds a description of the battle that changed his life in a text-book belonging to his son Franz. Enraged at the over-emotional, patriotic and sentimental way in which the Emperor's rescue at the hands of "the Hero of Solferino" is depicted, he lodges a complaint at the Imperial Court.
Cast: Max von Sydow, Tilman Günther, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Jean-Louis Richard, Julia Stemberger, Gert Voss, Friedrich von Thun, Ernst Stankovski, Michael Schönborn, Fritz Muliar, Friedrich W. Bauschulte, Alexander Strobele, Karlheinz Hackl, Dagmar Koller, Elena Sofia Ricci, Franz Tscherne, Miguel Herz-Kestranek
Writers: Georges Conchon (Writer), Erik Orsenna (Writer), Joseph Roth (Novel), Axel Corti (Writer), Louis Gardel (Writer), Jean Lagache (Writer)
Cinematographer: Gernot Roll
Production Designer: Franz Bauer
Editor: Susanne Hartmann
Sound Designer: Ian Voigt
Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
Costume Designer: Uli Fessler
Producers: Christine Gouze-Rénal, Michael Wolkenstein
