Napoleon
- Drama
- History
- War
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
- Written by
- Abel Gance
Cast
- Albert Dieudonné
- Nicolas Roudenko
- Edmond van Daële
- Alexandre Koubitzky
- Antonin Artaud
- Abel Gance
- Gina Manès
- Nicolas Koline
- Annabella
- Marguerite Gance
- Yvette Dieudonné
- Eugénie Buffet
Keywords
- 18th century
- biography
- silent film
- based on true story
- italy
- paris, france
- black and white
- france
- historical epic
- political campaign
- civil war
- guillotine
- revolutionary war
- napoleon bonaparte
- history
- french revolution
- military school
- war in europe
- french history
- robespierre
- toulon, france
- reign of terror
- national hero
- republic
- monochrome
- french government
- la marseillaise
- french impressionism
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