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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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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