Napoleon

(1927)Directed by Abel Gance425 minDrama, History, War

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.

Albert Dieudonnéas Napoléon Bonaparte
Nicolas Roudenkoas Napoléon Bonaparte (Child)
Edmond van Daëleas Maximilien Robespierre
Alexandre Koubitzkyas Georges Jacques Danton
Antonin Artaudas Jean-Paul Marat
Abel Ganceas Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just
GMGina Manèsas Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais
Nicolas Kolineas Tristan Fleury
Annabellaas Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
Marguerite Ganceas Charlotte Corday
Yvette Dieudonnéas Élisa Bonaparte
Eugénie Buffetas Letizia Bonaparte
Maurice Schutzas Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli
Philippe Hériatas Antoine Christophe Saliceti
Acho Chakatounyas Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo
Louis Sanceas King Louis XVI of France
Suzanne Bianchettias Queen Marie-Antoinette of France
GCGeorges Cahuzacas Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais
Max Maxudianas Paul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras
Harry Krimeras Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Francine Musseyas Anne Lucile Philippe Desmoulins, born Laridon-Duplessis
Robert Vidalinas Camille Desmoulins
Henri Baudinas Santo-Ricci - Corsican Shepherd
Daniel Buiretas Augustin Robespierre