Misc: A story by Edgar Allan Poe...Fall of the..?

Questions

which french actor director takes the role of 'monsieur hulot' in films such as mon oncle and traffic?

in which country would you find the towns of lausanne and locarno?

in which country is innsbruck?

rod, chain and furlong are all units of what?

what do julius caeser, ghandi and trotsky have in common?