Eagle in a Cage

Yugoslavian locations enhance this account of Napoleon’s exile on St. Helena. Napoleon: Kenneth Haigh. Sissal: John Gielgud. Lowe: Ralph Richardson. Jacqueline: Billie Whitelaw. Gourgaud: Moses Gunn. Bertrand: Ferdy Mayne. Cipriani: Lee Montague. Betty: Georgina Hale. O’Meara: Michael Williams. Directed by Fielder Cook., This underrated film stars Kenneth Haigh as Napoleon Bonaparte, in his years of exile on St. Helena. The story is told from the point of view of the island’s governor (John Gielgud), a former schoolteacher who finds greatness thrust upon him when he becomes Napoleon’s jailer.