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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1927-01-10

Runtime7h 5m

LanguagesNo Language

CountriesFrance

Revenue$39,448

Videos

3 total

Trailer

BFI Trailer

Cast & Crew

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

Reviews

1

C

CinemaSerf

Jun 6, 2022

8/10

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 dr…

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