
The plan to build a large shipping canal between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea had been around for a long time. But it took a man with the drive of Ferdinand de Lesseps to make it happen.
First Aired: 5/3/1984
Languages: French
Type: Miniseries
Countries: Germany, France
Napoléon III

Guy Marchand
Ferdinand de Lesseps

Horst Frank
Linant-Bey, engineer and minister of the Viceroy of Egypt

Armand Mestral
Napoléon III

Ricardo Palacios
Mohamed Saïd

Sophie Renoir
Hélène Bragard

Guy Verda
Cogolin

Maria Rosaria Omaggio
Eugénie de Montijo

Michel Beaune
Clot-Bey
Hugo Alarcon
Saïd child

Bernard Cara
Father Enfantin

Michel Ruhl
Hoart

Gabriel Cattand
Mimaut
2006