Napoleon
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927, Film, 330 min, Biography, Drama, History, French, France, MoviePedia score 75
A biopic of former Emperor of France, 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 1797 invasion of Italy.
Directed by Abel Gance
Cast
- Albert Dieudonné as Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nicolas Roudenko as Napoléon Bonaparte enfant
- Edmond Van Daële as Maximilien Robespierre
- Alexandre Koubitzky as Georges-Jacques Danton
- Antonin Artaud as Jean-Paul Marat
- Abel Gance as Louis Saint-Just
- Gina Manès as Joséphine de Beauharnais
- Suzanne Bianchetti as La reine Marie-Antoinette
- Marguerite Gance as Charlotte Corday
- Yvette Dieudonné as Élisa Bonaparte
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