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.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Max von Sydow, Tilman Günther, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Jean-Louis Richard, Julia Stemberger
Crew: Joseph Roth, Erik Orsenna, Jean Lagache, Michael Wolkenstein, Susanne Hartmann, Christine Gouze-Rénal
Country: DE
Studio:
Runtime: 85:14 minutes
Quality: HD
First air date: Dec 27, 1995
Last air date: Dec 29, 1995
Episode: 3 Episode
Season: 1 Season
IMDb: 4.9
Keywords:miniseries