Napoleon (1927)

7.8/10 425 min Drama History War

Overview

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

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)

Edmond van Daële

Maximilien Robespierre

Alexandre Koubitzky

Georges Jacques Danton

Antonin Artaud

Jean-Paul Marat

Abel Gance

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just

Nicolas Koline

Tristan Fleury

Annabella

Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

Maurice Schutz

Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli

Philippe Hériat

Antoine Christophe Saliceti

Acho Chakatouny

Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo

Suzanne Bianchetti

Queen Marie-Antoinette of France

Max Maxudian

Paul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras

Harry Krimer

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

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