The Adventures of Gerard

Synopsis

Based on satirical short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a vain, egotistical Etienne Gerard, a French brigadier serving during the Napoleonic Wars. He thinks he's the best soldier and lover that ever lived and intends to prove it.

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Key crew

• Jerzy SkolimowskiScreenplay
• Jerzy SkolimowskiDirector
• H.A.L. CraigWriter
• Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Peter McEneryCol. Etienne Gerard (Hussars of Conflans)
• Claudia CardinaleTeresa, Countess of Morales
• Eli WallachNapoleon Bonaparte
• Jack HawkinsMarshal Millefleurs (Renegade English Officer)
• Mark BurnsCol. Russell (Coldstream Guards)
• Norman RossingtonSgt. Papilette (Hussars of Conflans)
• John NevilleDuke of Wellington
• Paolo StoppaSantarem, Count of Morales
• Ivan DesnyGen. Lassalle
• Leopoldo TriesteMarshal Henri Massena
• Aude LoringMadeleine
• Véronique VendellYoung Woman in Hay

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