Napoleon
Napoleon
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Napoleon

1927
428 min
7.8
78.3%
User Score
(207 votes)

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.

DIRECTED BY

Abel Gance

STARRING

Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Antonin Artaud

Videos & Trailers

Mark Kermode reviews Napoleon | BFI Player
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Mark Kermode reviews Napoleon | BFI Player

BFI Trailer
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Trailer

BFI Trailer

Napoleon (1927) Clip | Out in cinemas and on BFI Blu-ray November 2016 | BFI
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Napoleon (1927) Clip | Out in cinemas and on BFI Blu-ray November 2016 | BFI

Cast

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

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