Napol�on (1927)
Genre:
Biography / Drama / War (more)
Plot Outline: A film about the French Field Marshal's youth and early military career. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
an emotional extravaganza that reaches across time
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User Rating:
 
8.7/10 (1,132 votes)
Also Known As:
Napoleon (Germany) (USA)
Abel Gance's Napoleon (USA)
Napol�on Bonaparte
Napol�on vu par Abel Gance
Napoleone (Italy)
Runtime:
Spain:222 min (DVD edition) / UK:330 min (2000 restoration) / USA:235 min (1981 restored version)
Country:
Sweden / Italy / France / Czechoslovakia / Germany
Color:
Black and White / Black and White (tinted) (some sequences)
Sound Mix:
Dolby (1981 re-release) / Mono / Silent
Certification:
Finland:K-12 (1966) / Spain:T / Sweden:Btl / USA:G (1981 re-release)
Trivia:
In addition to its pioneering use of widescreen, this film also has a lot of handheld camerawork. The filmmakers experimented heavily with small, handheld, motorized cameras to heighten the dramatic effect of many scenes.
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Goofs:
Continuity: In Act IV - the Army of Italy sequence - there are a couple of shots of Napoleon's head where the image has been flipped. This is obvious because usually when viewed from the front, the tricolor on Napoleon's hat is over his left eye (the viewer's right), whereas in the flipped clips it's over his right eye (the viewer's left).
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Awards:
3 wins
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User Comments:
4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
an emotional extravaganza that reaches across time, 3 September 2001
Author:
blanche-2 from United States
I had the privilege of seeing the restored version of this film, to the
accompaniment of a live orchestra under the baton of Carmine Coppola,
in Los Angeles' un-air-conditioned war memorial. Despite uncomfortable
seating and terrible heat, the experience of this four hour movie
remains a watershed for anyone who attended. To think that because of
the invention of sound, this masterpiece was partially destroyed by
Abel Gance in a fit of depression, is heartbreaking. More shocking is
that Gance's invention of Cinemascope - of which today only the end of
the film retains in its triptych screen effect - was lost to filmgoers
until its reinvention years later.
Obviously true art can't be hidden forever, and Gance did live to see
Napoleon take its rightful place in cinematic history. Though it is
many years later, I can still remember the tears and the ovation when
the black screen with the white signature, "Abel Gance", signified the
end of the film. A compelling and great work of art.
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