Released:
1927-01-10

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.

Director:
Abel Gance

Runtime:
4h 10min

Genre:
Drama, History, War

• Cast:
• 
  Albert Dieudonné
  as
  Napoléon Bonaparte
• 
  Nicolas Roudenko
  as
  Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)
• 
  Edmond van Daële
  as
  Maximilien Robespierre
• 
  Alexandre Koubitzky
  as
  Georges Jacques Danton
• 
  Antonin Artaud
  as
  Jean-Paul Marat