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Napoleon

1927, Movie, G, 234 mins

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NAPOLEON
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Abel Gance's visionary silent epic NAPOLEON is a dazzling display of cinematic virtuosity that tells the story of the French emperor from his boyhood to the French Revolution to his triumphant conquering of Italy. In 1781, young Napoleon Bonaparte (Vladimir Roudenko) demonstrates his fierce fighting skills during a snowball fight at military school. When some of his classmates let his pet eagle out its cage, he beats them all up, and the eagle eventually returns to him. Nine... read more leave a comment
Year: 1927
Rated G

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Cast
Albert Dieudonne: Napoleon Bonaparte
Gina Manes: Josephine de Beaucharnais
Vladimir Roudenko: Young Napoleon
Alexandre Koubitzky: Georges Jacques Danton
Jean-Paul Marat: Antonin Artaud
Edmond van Daele: Maximilien Robespierre

 

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