Released
Napoleon
May 8 1927 (over 97 years ago)Rating
78
Based on
171 reviews
- Director: Abel Gance
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Runtime: 5 h 33 m
- Box office: $39,448
- Country: France
- Companies: Société Westi, Ciné France, Films Abel Gance, Isepa-Wengeroff Film, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Société générale des films
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.
