Overview
A biopic of former Emperor of France, 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 1797 invasion of Italy.
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Box office
Grossed $2.54M worldwide
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Setting
Set in Italy and Paris
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Music
Music by Arthur Honegger
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Georges Meyer, Jules Kruger and Léonce-Henri Burel
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Abel GanceWriter
- Original title
- Napoléon
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 10, 1927
- Original language
- French
- Revenue
- $2.5M
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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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
Maurice SchutzFilippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli
Philippe HériatAntoine Christophe Saliceti
Acho ChakatounyCount Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo- Louis SanceKing Louis XVI of France
Suzanne BianchettiQueen Marie-Antoinette of France
Georges CahuzacAlexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais
Max MaxudianPaul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras
Harry KrimerClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
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