The read
Scores higher than 80% of the 137 1920s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 5h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
227 audience votes
Key crew
- Abel GanceDirector
- Abel GanceWriter
- Arthur HoneggerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Albert DieudonnéNapoléon Bonaparte
- Nicolas RoudenkoNapoléon Bonaparte (Child)
- Edmond van DaëleMaximilien Robespierre
- Alexandre KoubitzkyGeorges Jacques Danton
- Antonin ArtaudJean-Paul Marat
- Abel GanceLouis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
- Gina ManèsJoséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais
- Nicolas KolineTristan Fleury
- AnnabellaVioline Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
- Marguerite GanceCharlotte Corday
- Yvette DieudonnéÉlisa Bonaparte
- Eugénie BuffetLetizia Bonaparte
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Themes
civil warfranceparis, franceitalyfrench revolutionbiographynapoleon bonapartebased on true storyguillotineblack and whitepolitical campaignsilent film