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Napoleon
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Napoleon

1927 · 425 min Drama History War
7.8 / 10 · TMDB

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.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Abel Gance

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 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

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Marguerite Gance

Charlotte Corday

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