Napoleon (1927)

Name: Napoleon
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1927-01-10
Duration: 425 min
Cast: Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Antonin Artaud

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.

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Released 1927-01-10 · 425 min · Drama, History, War

Directed by Abel Gance

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
Maurice Schutz as Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli
Philippe Hériat as Antoine Christophe Saliceti
Acho Chakatouny as Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo