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Adieu Bonaparte(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-05-17
58%
13 Votes
Time: 1h 55m
Overview:
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Languages: French, Arabic.
Countries:
Egypt,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Lyric International
Renn Productions
Movie: Adieu Bonaparte
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mohsen Mohey ElDein
ALI
Ahmed Abdelaziz
Bakr
Gamil Ratib
Barthélémy
Michel Piccoli
Caffarelli
Patrice Chéreau
Napoléon Bonaparte
Abla Kamel
La femme de Bakr
Mohsena Tawfiq
La Mère
سيف عبد الرحمن
Kourayem
Hassan Hussein
Le père
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Overview
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Release Date
1985-05-17
Average
5.8
Rating:
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