- Starring:
- Edmond Van Da2leAlexandre KoubitzkyAntonin ArtaudGina ManesSuzanne BianchettiPhilippe Heriat...
- Release Date:
- 7 April 1927 France ...
- Genres:
- BiographyWar
- Region:
- France
- Runtime:
- Spain:222 min (DVD edition) / UK:330 min (2000 restoration) / USA:235 min (1981 restored version)
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- Film negative format (mm/video inches)3 x 35 mm / Cinematographic processSpherical / Triptych / Aspect ratio4.00 : 1 /
- Also Called:
- Napoleon Austria / Brazil / Germany / USA, Abel Gance's Napoleon USA, Napoléon Bonaparte France, Napoléon vu par Abel Gance France, Napoleón Spain, Napoleone Italy
A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), 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 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film's legendary reputation is
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