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Napoleon(1927)
Status: Released
Date: 1927-01-10
78%
220 Votes
Time: 7h 5m
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.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
France
Revenue: $39,448.00
ProductionCompanies:
Société Westi
Ciné France
Films Abel Gance
Isepa-Wengeroff Film
Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Société générale des films
Movie: Napoleon
Top 10 Billed Cast
Albert Dieudonné
Napoléon Bonaparte
Nicolas Roudenko
Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)
Edmond van Daële
Maximilien Robespierre
Alexandre Koubitzky
Georges Jacques Danton
Antonin Artaud
Jean-Paul Marat
Abel Gance
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
Nicolas Koline
Tristan Fleury
Annabella
Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
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