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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.
Top 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
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Rating
7.8/ 10
Release Date
1927-01-10
Runtime
7h 5m
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
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CinemaSerf
8/10
•6/6/2022Where 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 ...