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Napoleon
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Title: Napoleon

Release Date: 10 Jan 1927

Runtime: 5h 30m

Genre: Drama, History, War

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

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

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.805 (185 votes)

Cast

  • Napoléon Bonaparte: Albert Dieudonné
  • Napoléon Bonaparte (Child): Vladimir Roudenko
  • Maximilien Robespierre: Edmond van Daële
  • Georges Jacques Danton: Alexandre Koubitzky
  • Jean-Paul Marat: Antonin Artaud
  • Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just: Abel Gance
  • Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais: Gina Manès
  • Tristan Fleury: Nicolas Koline
  • Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary: Annabella
  • Charlotte Corday: Marguerite Gance
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