Napoleon
Drama, History, War
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1927
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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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Runtime:
330 min
Release date:
10 Jan 1927
Country:
FR
Languages:
xx
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$39,448
Awards:
4 wins
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
There is in this edition of the picture an effort to cover too many historical incidents and the consequence is that quite a number of the passages are confused.
– Mordaunt Hall,
New York Times,
26 Feb 2013
fresh:
Like D.W. Griffith, Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, but mostly James Cameron, Gance understood the thrill of the cinematic event and had the hubris to bring it off.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
26 Feb 2013
fresh:
Napoleon is the last great silent epic. We will not see its like again.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
26 Feb 2013
fresh:
Gance uses techniques not much associated with silent film, like a hand-held camera, multiple superimpositions, split split screen, rapid-fire editing and flashbacks to rivet the audience's attention and bring history to vivid life.
– Lou Lumenick,
New York Post,
29 Mar 2012
fresh:
The experience it provides - at times, akin to taking a drug - is unlike anything I've ever experienced in a movie theater.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
26 Mar 2012