Napoleon
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Napoleon

7.8 / 10 1927 7h 5mNR French
DramaHistoryWar

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Albert Dieudonné

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte

Lead
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

GM

Gina Manès

Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais

Nicolas Koline

Nicolas Koline

Tristan Fleury

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Abel Gance's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Napoleon is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker