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Napoleon

Original title: Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
  • 19271927
  • 5h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.8K
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Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, and Edmond Van Daële in Napoleon (1927)
A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
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A film about the French general's youth and early military career.A film about the French general's youth and early military career.A film about the French general's youth and early military career.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
7.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Abel Gance
  • Writer
    • Abel Gance
  • Stars
    • Albert Dieudonné
    • Vladimir Roudenko
    • Edmond Van Daële
Top credits
  • Director
    • Abel Gance
  • Writer
    • Abel Gance
  • Stars
    • Albert Dieudonné
    • Vladimir Roudenko
    • Edmond Van Daële
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 76User reviews
    • 49Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 5 wins & 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:31
    Trailer
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 27
    Video 29:09
    Sneak Previews Season 3 Episode 27

    Photos73

    Albert Dieudonné in Napoleon (1927)
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    Annabella and Albert Dieudonné in Napoleon (1927)
    Albert Dieudonné and Gina Manès in Napoleon (1927)
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    Albert Dieudonné in Napoleon (1927)
    Vladimir Roudenko in Napoleon (1927)

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    Albert Dieudonné
    Albert Dieudonné
    • Napoléon Bonaparte
    Vladimir Roudenko
    • Napoléon Bonaparte enfant
    Edmond Van Daële
    Edmond Van Daële
    • Maximilien Robespierre
    Alexandre Koubitzky
    • Georges-Jacques Danton
    Antonin Artaud
    Antonin Artaud
    • Jean-Paul Marat
    Abel Gance
    Abel Gance
    • Louis Saint-Just
    Gina Manès
    Gina Manès
    • Joséphine de Beauharnais
    Suzanne Bianchetti
    Suzanne Bianchetti
    • La reine Marie-Antoinette
    Marguerite Gance
    • Charlotte Corday
    Yvette Dieudonné
    • Élisa Bonaparte
    Philippe Hériat
    Philippe Hériat
    • Antonio Salicetti
    Pierre Batcheff
    Pierre Batcheff
    • Le général Lazare Hoche
    Eugénie Buffet
    • Laetizia Bonaparte
    Acho Chakatouny
    • Pozzo di Borgo
    Nicolas Koline
    Nicolas Koline
    • Tristan Fleuri
    Max Maxudian
    Max Maxudian
    • Barras
    • (as Maxudian)
    Annabella
    Annabella
    • Violine Fleuri et Désirée Clary
    Henri Baudin
    Henri Baudin
    • Santo-Ricci - le berger corse
    • Director
      • Abel Gance
    • Writer
      • Abel Gance
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The snowballs in the snowball fight scene were actually balls of cotton. During shooting one of the child extras threw a real one with a rock in it. It hit Vladimir Roudenko square in the face and broke his nose.
    • Goofs
      One of the Corsicans in the inn states "Our fatherland is Italy with the Duke of Savoy". The Duchy of Savoy had ceased to exist in 1713 (eighty years earlier), when the Duchy acquired the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Duke then bore the title of the King of Sardinia. Italy was a geographic place not a political entity at this time.
    • Alternate versions
      There are apparently at least 19 different versions of this film, starting with the original 6-hours cut (in a "triptych" format, requiring three projectors on three screens, called Polyvision). It has been shown in various formats and different running times, including a 1934 version re-edited by director Abel Gance and featuring an added soundtrack.
    • Connections
      Edited into Napoléon Bonaparte (1935)
    • Soundtracks
      The Thrill of Being In Love (Love Theme of Napoleon and Josephine)
      Music by Carmine Coppola

      Lyrics by Italia Coppola (USA version)

      UK version: score by Carl Davis (based largely on works by Beethoven)

    User reviews76

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    Top review
    10/10
    Vive Napoleon! Vive Abel Gance!
    January 23, 1981. Radio City Music Hall. Nearly midnight. One of the most thrilling experiences of my life. "Napoleon", restored, and reconstructed, not seen for over fifty years, was debuting in front of 6,000 people packed into the great theater with Carmine Coppolla conducting a huge orchestra rising up on the lift as lighting cast fifty foot shadows of the conductor on the walls. The score was magnificent. By the end of the film when the tryptyches stretched the size of the screen to triple size filling the glorious famous sunburst proscenium, Radio City Music Hall erupted in a standing ovation - and Kevin Brownlow, who restored the film, at that very moment from the theater had Abel Gance (soon to die) live on the phone from France to hear the ovation! Just incredible. Glorious. The film is a masterpiece of the Twentieth Century. And a must see. The best scene was the battle in the Convention between the Girondists and Jacobins superimposed on Napoleon's escape from Corsica in a sea storm. Staggering editing and camera work. It is a tragedy for us all the the remaining chapters of Napoleon's life were never put on film as Gance planned.
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    • Kirasjeri
    • Jul 27, 1999

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    • Release date
      • February 17, 1929 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Also known as
      • Abel Gance's Napoleon
    • Filming locations
      • Environs d'Ajaccio, Corse, France
    • Production companies
      • Ciné France
      • Films Abel Gance
      • Isepa-Wengeroff Film GmbH
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • FRF 20,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $39,448
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      5 hours 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 4.00:1

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