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Napoleon

Napoleon

19277.87h 5m

Overview

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.

Directed by Abel Gance
Written by Abel Gance
Produced by Henry de Cazotte, Hugo Stinnes, Wengeroff
Box Office0Revenue: $39K

Top Cast

Albert Dieudonné

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte

Nicolas Roudenko

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

Edmond van Daële

Edmond van Daële

Maximilien Robespierre

Alexandre Koubitzky

Alexandre Koubitzky

Georges Jacques Danton

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Jean-Paul Marat

Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Gina Manès

Gina Manès

Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

Nicolas Koline

Nicolas Koline

Tristan Fleury

Annabella

Annabella

Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

M

Marguerite Gance

Charlotte Corday

Themes & Keywords

civil warfranceparis, franceitalyfrench revolutionbiographynapoleon bonapartebased on true storyguillotineblack and whitepolitical campaignsilent film18th centuryfrench governmentla marseillaisemilitary schoolwar in europerevolutionary warmonochromerobespierrereign of terrornational herofrench impressionismrepublictoulon, francefrench historyhistorical epichistory

About Napoleon

Napoleon is a drama, history, war film released in 1927 exploring themes of civil war, france, paris, france, italy, french revolution, biography. Directed by Abel Gance, it stars Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond van Daële. 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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