The Besieged Fortress

Documentary, War, History

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Gérard Mordillat

Status Released

Release Date 2006-11-22

Storyline

A survivor of the first battles of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 , soldier Charles-Henri Mondel, fleeing with the regiments from a rout of Mac-Mahon 's army , took refuge in the citadel of Bitche , the last French stronghold to resist the enemy's breakthrough.