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Napoleon

Napoleon
★ 7.9/10•1927•7h 5m•10•Drama•History•War

A biopic of former Emperor of France, 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 1797 invasion of Italy.

Abel Gance · Director

Abel Gance · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime7h 5m
LanguageFR
Release DateJan 10, 1927
Revenue$2,539,448

Actors

Albert Dieudonné

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte

Nicolas Roudenko

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

Edmond van Daële

Edmond van Daële

Maximilien Robespierre

Alexandre Koubitzky

Alexandre Koubitzky

Georges Jacques Danton

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud

Jean-Paul Marat

Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Gina Manès

Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

Nicolas Koline

Nicolas Koline

Tristan Fleury

Annabella

Annabella

Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

Marguerite Gance

Charlotte Corday

Yvette Dieudonné

Élisa Bonaparte

Eugénie Buffet

Letizia Bonaparte

Maurice Schutz

Maurice Schutz

Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli

Philippe Hériat

Philippe Hériat

Antoine Christophe Saliceti

Acho Chakatouny

Acho Chakatouny

Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo

Louis Sance

King Louis XVI of France

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