Napoleon (1927)

Kernel Score: 86% · 213 ratings

Genres: Drama, History, War

Released: 1927-01-10

Runtime: 425 minutes

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.

Director

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