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Napoleon

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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.

Release Date : 1927-01-10

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Société WestiCiné FranceFilms Abel GanceIsepa-Wengeroff FilmPathé Consortium CinémaSociété générale des films

Production Country : France

Alternative Titles : Abel Gance's NapoleonNapoleon

Cast

Albert Dieudonné

Character Name : Napoléon Bonaparte

Original Name : Albert Dieudonné

Gender : Male

Vladimir Roudenko

Character Name : Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

Original Name : Vladimir Roudenko

Gender : Male

Edmond van Daële

Character Name : Maximilien Robespierre

Original Name : Edmond van Daële

Gender : Male

Alexandre Koubitzky

Character Name : Georges Jacques Danton

Original Name : Alexandre Koubitzky

Gender : Male

Antonin Artaud

Character Name : Jean-Paul Marat

Original Name : Antonin Artaud

Gender : Male

Abel Gance

Character Name : Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Original Name : Abel Gance

Gender : Male

Gina Manès

Character Name : Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

Original Name : Gina Manès

Gender : Female

Nicolas Koline

Character Name : Tristan Fleury

Original Name : Nicolas Koline

Gender : Male

Annabella

Character Name : Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

Original Name : Annabella

Gender : Female

Marguerite Gance

Character Name : Charlotte Corday

Original Name : Marguerite Gance

Gender : Female

Yvette Dieudonné

Character Name : Élisa Bonaparte

Original Name : Yvette Dieudonné

Gender : Male

Eugénie Buffet

Character Name : Letizia Bonaparte

Original Name : Eugénie Buffet

Gender : Male

Maurice Schutz

Character Name : Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli

Original Name : Maurice Schutz

Gender : Male

Philippe Hériat

Character Name : Antoine Christophe Saliceti

Original Name : Philippe Hériat

Gender : Male

Acho Chakatouny

Character Name : Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo

Original Name : Acho Chakatouny

Gender : Male

Louis Sance

Character Name : King Louis XVI of France

Original Name : Louis Sance

Gender : Male

Suzanne Bianchetti

Character Name : Queen Marie-Antoinette of France

Original Name : Suzanne Bianchetti

Gender : Female

Georges Cahuzac

Character Name : Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais

Original Name : Georges Cahuzac

Gender : Male

Max Maxudian

Character Name : Paul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras

Original Name : Max Maxudian

Gender : Male

Harry Krimer

Character Name : Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Original Name : Harry Krimer

Gender : Male

Francine Mussey

Character Name : Anne Lucile Philippe Desmoulins, born Laridon-Duplessis

Original Name : Francine Mussey

Gender : Female

Robert Vidalin

Character Name : Camille Desmoulins

Original Name : Robert Vidalin

Gender : Male

Henri Baudin

Character Name : Santo-Ricci - Corsican Shepherd

Original Name : Henri Baudin

Gender : Male

Daniel Buiret

Character Name : Augustin Robespierre

Original Name : Daniel Buiret

Gender : Male

Adrien Caillard

Character Name : Thomas Gasparin / Jean François Ricord

Original Name : Adrien Caillard

Gender : Male

Roger Blum

Character Name : François-Joseph Talma

Original Name : Roger Blum

Gender : Male

Pierre Batcheff

Character Name : General Louis Lazare Hoche

Original Name : Pierre Batcheff

Gender : Male

Alex Bernard

Character Name : General Jacques François Dugommier / Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois

Original Name : Alex Bernard

Gender : Male

Carrie Carvalho

Character Name : The Seer

Original Name : Carrie Carvalho

Gender : Male

Sylvio Cavicchia

Character Name : Lucien Bonaparte (Adult)

Original Name : Sylvio Cavicchia

Gender : Male

Léon Courtois

Character Name : General Jean François Carteaux

Original Name : Léon Courtois

Gender : Male

Damia

Character Name : La Marseillaise

Original Name : Damia

Gender : Female

Pierre de Canolle

Character Name : Auguste de Marmont

Original Name : Pierre de Canolle

Gender : Male

Gilbert Dacheux

Character Name : Jean-Pierre du Teil

Original Name : Gilbert Dacheux

Gender : Male

Pierre Danis

Character Name : Colonel Jean-Baptiste Muiron

Original Name : Pierre Danis

Gender : Male

W. Percy Day

Character Name : Captain Louis Charles Antoine Desaix

Original Name : W. Percy Day

Gender : Male

Boris de Fast

Character Name : The Green Eye

Original Name : Boris de Fast

Gender : Male

Guy Favières

Character Name : Joseph Fouché

Original Name : Guy Favières

Gender : Male

Serge Freddy-Karl

Character Name : The Small Drum Marcellin Fleury

Original Name : Serge Freddy-Karl

Gender : Male

Jean Gaudrey

Character Name : Jean-Lambert Tallien

Original Name : Jean Gaudrey

Gender : Male

Simone Genevois

Character Name : Pauline Bonaparte

Original Name : Simone Genevois

Gender : Female

Georges Hénin

Character Name : Eugène Rose from Beauharnais

Original Name : Georges Hénin

Gender : Male

Jean Henry

Character Name : Sergeant Jean-Andoche Junot

Original Name : Jean Henry

Gender : Male

Henry Krauss

Character Name : Moustache

Original Name : Henry Krauss

Gender : Male

Georges Lampin

Character Name : Joseph Bonaparte

Original Name : Georges Lampin

Gender : Male

Alexandre Mathillon

Character Name : General Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

Original Name : Alexandre Mathillon

Gender : Male

Genica Missirio

Character Name : Joachim Murat

Original Name : Genica Missirio

Gender : Male

Jeanne Pen

Character Name : Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais

Original Name : Jeanne Pen

Gender : Male

Roblin

Character Name : Picot de Peccaduc

Original Name : Roblin

Gender : Male

Jack Rye

Character Name : Charles O'Hara

Original Name : Jack Rye

Gender : Male

Andrée Standart

Character Name : Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien

Original Name : Andrée Standart

Gender : Male

Suzy Vernon

Character Name : Madame Juliette Récamier

Original Name : Suzy Vernon

Gender : Female

Petit Vidal

Character Name : Pierre Philippeaux

Original Name : Petit Vidal

Gender : Male

Louis Vonelly

Character Name : Poet André Marie Chénier

Original Name : Louis Vonelly

Gender : Male

Jean d'Yd

Character Name : La Bussière

Original Name : Jean d'Yd

Gender : Male

René Jeanne

Character Name : Professor at Brienne

Original Name : René Jeanne

Gender : Male

Philippe Rolla

Character Name : André Masséna

Original Name : Philippe Rolla

Gender : Male

François Viguier

Character Name : Georges Auguste Couthon

Original Name : François Viguier

Gender : Male

Grégoire Metchnikoff

Character Name : Charles Pierre François Augereau

Original Name : Grégoire Metchnikoff

Gender : Male

Pierrette Lugand

Character Name : Caroline Bonaparte

Original Name : Pierrette Lugand

Gender : Female

Roger Chantal

Character Name : Jérôme Bonaparte

Original Name : Roger Chantal

Gender : Male

Jean Rauzena

Character Name : Louis Bonaparte

Original Name : Jean Rauzena

Gender : Male

Henri Beaulieu

Character Name : Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Original Name : Henri Beaulieu

Gender : Male

Daniel Mendaille

Character Name : Louis Marie Stanislas Fréron

Original Name : Daniel Mendaille

Gender : Male

Paul Amiot

Character Name : Antoine Fouquier-Tinville

Original Name : Paul Amiot

Gender : Male

Georgette Sorelle

Character Name : Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène de France, Madame Élisabeth

Original Name : Georgette Sorelle

Gender : Male

Mony Thomassin

Character Name : Marie-Thérèse de France, Madame Royale

Original Name : Mony Thomassin

Gender : Male

Lise Carvalho

Character Name : Marie-Anne-Adélaïde Lenormand

Original Name : Lise Carvalho

Gender : Male

Florence Talma

Character Name : Louise Sébastienne Danton, born Gély

Original Name : Florence Talma

Gender : Male

Noëlle Mattô

Character Name : Albertine Marat

Original Name : Noëlle Mattô

Gender : Male

Henry Bonvallet

Character Name : General Jacques-François de Menou, Baron of Boussay

Original Name : Henry Bonvallet

Gender : Male

Raphaël Lievin

Character Name : Fabre d'Églantine

Original Name : Raphaël Lievin

Gender : Male

Conrad Veidt

Character Name : Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade

Original Name : Conrad Veidt

Gender : Male

Camille Beuve

Character Name : Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

Original Name : Camille Beuve

Gender : Male

W. Percy Day

Character Name : Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Original Name : W. Percy Day

Gender : Male

Olaf Fjord

Character Name : Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte

Original Name : Olaf Fjord

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

Where 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 parts) has lost none of its vivacity and vigour. We start with a snowball fight and end with high drama via some magnificent battle scenes. The tints and hues are subtle and vibrant and Abel Gance directs this with real flair and accomplishment. True, it is long; but compellingly so and if you are at all interested in the story of himself; the French reinvigoration that he led and inspired and of the subsequent historical events that gripped the whole of Europe then this is just the film. It seems way too brief a review for such a masterpiece, but in this case - less is definitely more. His megalomania and shrewd determination is writ large with excellent performances and grand cinematography well ahead of it's time. A big screen must if ever there was one - though take a cushion! (It is also worth acclaiming the skills of those responsible for the preservation and restoration of this film - it is astonishing how much of it has still survived, and in such great quality).