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Napoleon( 1927)

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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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      Albert Dieudonné

      Napoléon Bonaparte

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      Vladimir Roudenko

      Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

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      Edmond van Daële

      Maximilien Robespierre

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      Alexandre Koubitzky

      Georges Jacques Danton

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      Antonin Artaud

      Jean-Paul Marat

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      Abel Gance

      Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

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      Gina Manès

      Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

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      Nicolas Koline

      Tristan Fleury

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      Annabella

      Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

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      Marguerite Gance

      Charlotte Corday

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      Yvette Dieudonné

      Élisa Bonaparte

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      Eugénie Buffet

      Letizia Bonaparte

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      Maurice Schutz

      Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli

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      Philippe Hériat

      Antoine Christophe Saliceti

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      Acho Chakatouny

      Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo

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      Louis Sance

      King Louis XVI of France

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      Suzanne Bianchetti

      Queen Marie-Antoinette of France

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      Georges Cahuzac

      Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais

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      Max Maxudian

      Paul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras

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      Harry Krimer

      Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

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      Francine Mussey

      Anne Lucile Philippe Desmoulins, born Laridon-Duplessis

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      Robert Vidalin

      Camille Desmoulins

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      Henri Baudin

      Santo-Ricci - Corsican Shepherd

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      Daniel Buiret

      Augustin Robespierre

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      Adrien Caillard

      Thomas Gasparin / Jean François Ricord

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      Roger Blum

      François-Joseph Talma

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      Pierre Batcheff

      General Louis Lazare Hoche

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      Alex Bernard

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

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      Carrie Carvalho

      The Seer

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      Sylvio Cavicchia

      Lucien Bonaparte (Adult)

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      Léon Courtois

      General Jean François Carteaux

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      Damia

      La Marseillaise

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      Pierre de Canolle

      Auguste de Marmont

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      Gilbert Dacheux

      Jean-Pierre du Teil

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      Pierre Danis

      Colonel Jean-Baptiste Muiron

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      W. Percy Day

      Captain Louis Charles Antoine Desaix

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      Boris de Fast

      The Green Eye

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      Guy Favières

      Joseph Fouché

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      Serge Freddy-Karl

      The Small Drum Marcellin Fleury

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      Jean Gaudrey

      Jean-Lambert Tallien

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      Simone Genevois

      Pauline Bonaparte

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      Georges Hénin

      Eugène Rose from Beauharnais

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      Jean Henry

      Sergeant Jean-Andoche Junot

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      Henry Krauss

      Moustache

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      Georges Lampin

      Joseph Bonaparte

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      Alexandre Mathillon

      General Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer

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      Genica Missirio

      Joachim Murat

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      Jeanne Pen

      Hortense Eugénie Cécile de Beauharnais

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      Roblin

      Picot de Peccaduc

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      Jack Rye

      Charles O'Hara

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      Andrée Standart

      Thérésa Cabarrus, Madame Tallien

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      Suzy Vernon

      Madame Juliette Récamier

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      Petit Vidal

      Pierre Philippeaux

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      Louis Vonelly

      Poet André Marie Chénier

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      Jean d'Yd

      La Bussière

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      René Jeanne

      Professor at Brienne

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      Philippe Rolla

      André Masséna

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      François Viguier

      Georges Auguste Couthon

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      Grégoire Metchnikoff

      Charles Pierre François Augereau

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      Pierrette Lugand

      Caroline Bonaparte

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      Roger Chantal

      Jérôme Bonaparte

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      Jean Rauzena

      Louis Bonaparte

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      Henri Beaulieu

      Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

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      Daniel Mendaille

      Louis Marie Stanislas Fréron

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      Paul Amiot

      Antoine Fouquier-Tinville

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      Georgette Sorelle

      Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène de France, Madame Élisabeth

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      Mony Thomassin

      Marie-Thérèse de France, Madame Royale

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      Lise Carvalho

      Marie-Anne-Adélaïde Lenormand

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      Florence Talma

      Louise Sébastienne Danton, born Gély

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      Noëlle Mattô

      Albertine Marat

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      Henry Bonvallet

      General Jacques-François de Menou, Baron of Boussay

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      Raphaël Lievin

      Fabre d'Églantine

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      Conrad Veidt

      Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade

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      Camille Beuve

      Joseph-Ignace Guillotin

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      W. Percy Day

      Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

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      Olaf Fjord

      Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Jun 06 2022
    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 Frenc...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    39448.00

    Keywords

    • epic
    • civil war
    • france
    • paris, france
    • italy
    • french revolution
    • biography
    • napoleon bonaparte
    • based on true story
    • guillotine
    • black and white
    • political campaign
    • silent film
    • 18th century
    • french government
    • la marseillaise
    • military school
    • war in europe
    • revolutionary war
    • monochrome
    • robespierre
    • reign of terror
    • national hero
    • french impressionism
    • republic
    • toulon, france
    • french history
    • 1790s
    • historical epic
    • history
    • biopic