Napoleon
Original title: Napoléon
7.9(234)19277h 5mFR
Directed by Abel Gance
A biopic of former Emperor of France, 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 1797 invasion of Italy.
Details
civil warfranceparis, franceitalyfrench revolutionbiographynapoleon bonapartebased on true storyguillotineblack and whitepolitical campaignsilent film
Box office $2.5M
