Napoleon
Drama
History
War
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.
Status:
Released
Release Date:
1927-01-10
Runtime:
5h 30m
Director:
Abel Gance
Writer:
Abel Gance
Top Cast
Albert Dieudonné
Napoléon Bonaparte
Vladimir 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
Gina Manès
Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais
Nicolas Koline
Tristan Fleury
Annabella
Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
Marguerite Gance
Charlotte Corday
Yvette Dieudonné
Élisa Bonaparte
Eugénie Buffet
Letizia Bonaparte
Official Videos
Mark Kermode reviews Napoleon | BFI Player
BFI Trailer
Napoleon (1927) Clip | Out in cinemas and on BFI Blu-ray November 2016 | BFI
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