Napoleon (1927) (Napoléon vu par Abel Gance) (1927)

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Abel Gance

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Albert Dieudonné
Napoléon Bonaparte

Vladimir Roudenko
Napoléon Bonaparte enfant

Edmond Van Daële
Maximilien Robespierre

Alexandre Koubitzky
Georges-Jacques Danton

Antonin Artaud
Jean-Paul Marat

Abel Gance
Louis Saint-Just

Gina Manès
Joséphine de Beauharnais

Suzanne Bianchetti
La reine Marie-Antoinette

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2 years, 8 months ago at Aug 1 22:07

fernando

(OK) So consistent ans sustained in its grandeur, since the beginning with the child's play battle in the snow. There the film is planted, in great episodes, of personal intimate story and big History...

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Director Abel Gance's epic biopic of the life of Napoleon from his days as a schoolboy to his invasion of Italy soon after his appointment as commander-in-chief of the French army in March 1796 and the subsequent invasion of Italy. As a young lad, his talent for tactics were shown when playing a war game in the snow - with snowballs as their primary weapons. As as adult, Napoleon is deeply affected by the revolution and the chaos that results in everyday life. On his return to France from Corsica, we follow his life through his military career and his rise to power.

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