Napoleon

1927 425 min ★ 7.8 Drama, History, War

A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

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Cast

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

Edmond van Daële

Maximilien Robespierre

Alexandre Koubitzky

Georges Jacques Danton

Antonin Artaud

Jean-Paul Marat

Abel Gance

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Gina Manès

Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

Nicolas Koline

Tristan Fleury

Annabella

Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

Marguerite Gance

Charlotte Corday

Details

Director

Abel Gance

Status

Released

Original Language

FR

Revenue

$39,448

Production

Société Westi, Ciné France, Films Abel Gance, Isepa-Wengeroff Film, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Société générale des films

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 6, 2022

★ 8/10

Where to start? Carl Davis' recently composed inspiring score provides a wonderful accompaniment to the truly epic silent retrospective on the life of Napoleon. I saw a digital restoration recently and the quality of this over 90 year old film (in 2 parts) has lost none of its vivacity and vigour. We start with a snowball fight and end with high drama via some magnificent battle scenes. The tints ...