Imperial Game
Kaiserspiel

Movie Poster

Country	Germany
Directed by	Christian Twente
Release Date	November 27, 2021
Language	French German
Studio	Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion
Distributor	ARTE

Main Cast
Character	Actor
Otto von Bismarck	Thomas Thieme
Wilhelm I	Peter Meinhardt
Napoleon III	Hubertus Hartmann
Eugénie de Montijo	Anna Tenta / Marie-Anne Fliegel
Luise von Baden	Petra Kelling
Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm	Holger Daemgen
Louise Michel	Oona von Maydell

Imperial Game is a German 2021 docudrama that illuminates the historical turning point from several perspectives, supplemented by documentary elements. A scenic dialog forms the narrative framework: Eugénie, the widow of Emperor Napoleon, and Luise von Baden, daughter of Emperor Wilhelm I, meet at Arenenberg Castle in Switzerland. Against the backdrop of the negotiations for the Treaty of Versailles, which sealed Germany's defeat in the First World War, the two very old women look back on the time of the founding of the Reich and take stock of the relationship between the Germans and the French, which was burdened with heavy mortgages in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Castle in 1871 and 1919.

The following weapons were used in the film Imperial Game (Kaiserspiel):

Revolvers

Colt 1851 Navy

A Colt 1851 Navy is handled by Louise Michel (Oona von Maydell) taken from a French officer.

Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber

A shoulder view of Louise brandishing the Colt Navy.

She fires the Colt.

Rifles

Dreyse Model 1841

Prussian soldiers are armed with Dreyse Model 1841 rifles. Some French soldiers can also be seen with them.

Dreyse Infanteriegewehr Modell 1841 - 15.4mm

A promotional image.

Prussian soldiers stand guard while Wilhelm I (Peter Meinhardt) and Friedrich Wilhelm (Holger Daemgen) visit the captured French Emperor Napoleon III (Hubertus Hartmann).