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Napoleon (1927)
Directed by Abel Gance
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.
Rated NR | Length 425 minutes
Actors
Albert Dieudonné | Vladimir Roudenko | Edmond Van Daële | Alexandre Koubitzky | Antonin Artaud | Abel Gance | Gina Manès | Nicolas Koline | Annabella | Marguerite Gance | Yvette Dieudonné | Eugénie Buffet | Maurice Schutz | Philippe Hériat | Acho Chakatouny | Louis Sance | Suzanne Bianchetti | Georges Cahuzac | Max Maxudian | Harry Krimer | Francine Mussey | Robert Vidalin | Henri Baudin | Daniel Buiret | Adrien Caillard | Roger Blum | Pierre Batcheff | Alex Bernard | Carrie Carvalho | Sylvio Cavicchia | Léon Courtois | Damia | Pierre de Canolle | Gilbert Dacheux | Pierre Danis | Boris de Fast | Guy Favières | Serge Freddy-Karl | Jean Gaudrey | Simone Genevois | Georges Hénin | Jean Henry | Henry Krauss | Georges Lampin | Alexandre Mathillon | Genica Missirio | Jeanne Pen | Roblin | Jack Rye | Andrée Standart | Suzy Vernon | Petit Vidal | Louis Vonelly | Jean d'Yd | René Jeanne | Philippe Rolla | François Viguier | Grégoire Metchnikoff | Pierrette Lugand | Roger Chantal | Jean Rauzena | Henri Beaulieu | Daniel Mendaille | Paul Amiot | Georgette Sorelle | Mony Thomassin | Lise Carvalho | Florence Talma | Noëlle Mattô | Henry Bonvallet | Raphaël Lievin | Conrad Veidt | Camille Beuve | W. Percy Day | Olaf Fjord