Napoleon (1927)
Original title: Napoléon
Napoleon is a 1927 French-language drama movie directed by Abel Gance, with a running time of 7h 5m. It stars Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko and Edmond van Daële.
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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Cast
- Albert Dieudonné as Napoléon Bonaparte
- Nicolas Roudenko as Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)
- Edmond van Daële as Maximilien Robespierre
- Alexandre Koubitzky as Georges Jacques Danton
- Antonin Artaud as Jean-Paul Marat
- Abel Gance as Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
- Gina Manès as Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais
- Nicolas Koline as Tristan Fleury
- Annabella as Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
- Marguerite Gance as Charlotte Corday
- Yvette Dieudonné as Élisa Bonaparte
- Eugénie Buffet as Letizia Bonaparte
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