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Napoleon (1927)

Directed by Abel Gance · Cinematography by Nikolai Toporkoff, Jules Kruger, Joseph-Louis Mundwiller, Léonce-Henri Burel

330 min65 frames

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What is Napoleon about?

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.

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What does the cinematography of Napoleon look like?

Across 64 sampled frames, Napoleon builds its coverage from wide compositions (41% of the sample), with close-ups (28%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Nikolai Toporkoff keeps 41% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 58% of the frames.

What is the color palette of Napoleon?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Napoleon (1927) are #040304, #8a8a8a, #c9c9c9, #2f2f2e, #4a4a4a, #afafaf — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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