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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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jun 20228/10
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 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 su
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Cast
- Albert DieudonnéNapoléon Bonaparte
- Nicolas RoudenkoNapoléon Bonaparte (Child)
- Edmond van DaëleMaximilien Robespierre
- Alexandre KoubitzkyGeorges Jacques Danton
- Antonin ArtaudJean-Paul Marat
- Abel GanceLouis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
- Gina ManèsJoséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais
- Nicolas KolineTristan Fleury
- AnnabellaVioline Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
- Marguerite GanceCharlotte Corday
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- Abel GanceDirector
- Abel GanceWriter
- Joseph-Louis MundwillerDirector of Photography
- Jules KrugerDirector of Photography
- Nikolai ToporkoffDirector of Photography
- Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
- Abel GanceEditor
- Henry de CazotteProducer
- Hugo StinnesProducer
- WengeroffProducer
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