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Napoleon(Movie, 1955)

Original title: "Napoléon" (French/FR)
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| 3h 10min | Genres: Drama, War
NapoleonRating: 3.3/5 (with 66 votes)
Napoléon is a 1955 French historical epic film directed by Sacha Guitry that depicts major events in the life of Napoleon. Napoleon is played by two actors, Daniel Gélin as a young man and Raymond Pellegrin in later life; the switch takes place during a scene at a barber. Director/actor Guitry played the role of Talleyrand, controversial diplomat and first Prime Minister of France, narrating the story from a drawing room as if having just heard of Napoleon's death on the island of Saint Helena in 1821. Guitry had played Talleyrand before, in 1948's Le Diable boiteux. Yves Montand appears as Marshal Lefebvre and Maria Schell as Marie-Louise of Austria. The film also has cameo appearances by a number of notable actors, particularly Erich von Stroheim as Ludwig van Beethoven, and ()
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About Napoleon

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.

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Production countries: France, Italy
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/01/1955 (World premiere: 03/25/1955)
Appearing Characters: Michel-Louis-Étienne Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, Princess Dorothea of Courland, Napoleon, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Joséphine de Beauharnais, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Marie Louise I, Duchess of Parma, Marie Walewska, Désirée Clary, Julie Clary, Cathérine Hübscher, Hortense de Beauharnais, Pauline Bonaparte, Michel Ney, Joachim Murat, Lucien Bonaparte, Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, Louis XVIII of France, Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, Géraud Duroc, Louis XV of France, Pierre Cambronne, Jean Lannes, François Joseph Lefebvre, Klemens von Metternich, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hudson Lowe, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Thérésa Tallien, Maria-Letizia Bonaparte, Caroline Bonaparte, Elisa Bonaparte, Émilie Pellapra, Pierre-Jean Garat, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Jean-Andoche Junot, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Louis Bonaparte, Joseph Bonaparte, Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, Nicolas Léonard Beker, Pius VII, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and of Wagram, Joseph Fesch, François Antoine de Boissy d'Anglas, Jérôme Bonaparte, Louis XVI of France, Jean François Carteaux, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut, Joseph Fouché, Gaspard Gourgaud, Louis-Jérôme Gohier, Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier, Charles Oudinot, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Auguste de Marmont, Jean Martin Petit, Claude François de Méneval, Louis-Étienne Saint-Denis, Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, François Christophe de Kellermann, François Barbé-Marbois, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Pierre Jadart Dumerbion, Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune, François Antommarchi, Carlo Bonaparte, Roger Ducos, Jacques Chazeau-Duteil, Louis-Guillaume Otto, André Masséna, Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald, Augustin Robespierre, Roustam Raza, Antoine Christophe Saliceti, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Alexander I of Russia, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Catherine-Dominique Pérignon, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Pierre Augereau, Charles X of France, Jacques François Dugommier, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Eugène de Beauharnais, Pauline Fourès, Juliette Récamier, Lazare Carnot, Giuseppina Grassini, Agathon Jean François Fain, Albine de Montholon, Fortunée Hamelin
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Daniel Gélin, Sacha Guitry, Michèle Morgan, Raymond Pellegrin, Maria Schell, Aimé Clariond, Alain Bouvette, Albert Duvaleix, André Chanu, André Roanne, Anna Amendola, Armand Mestral, Bernard Dhéran, Bernard Lefort, Betty Beckers, Charles Moulin, Christian Brocard, Christian Fourcade, Clément Duhour, Corinne Calvet, Cosetta Greco, Daniel Ivernel, Dany Robin, Darling Légitimus, Denis d'Inès, Dora Doll, Erich von Stroheim, Fernand Fabre, Fernand Ledoux, Françoise Arnoul, Gabriel Cattand, Gaby Morlay, Gaston Rey, Georges Bever, Georges Spanelly, Georges Vitray, Gianna Maria Canale, Gilbert Bokanowski, Gilbert Gil, Guy Henry, Henri Cote, Henri Vidal, Howard Vernon, Jacqueline Marbaux, Jacques Bertrand, Jacques Bézard, Jacques Dumesnil, Jacques Fayet, Jacques Sablon, Jacques Varennes, Jean Chevrier, Jean-François d'Orgeix, Jean Danet, Jean Debucourt, Jean Degrave, Jean Gabin, Jean Marais, Jean Marchat, Jean Ozenne, Jean Piat, Jean Sylvain, Jean-François Martial, Jean-Jacques Delbo, Jean-Marie Robain, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Pierre Maurin, Jeanne Boitel, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Joë Hamman, Judith Magre, Lana Marconi, Louis Arbessier, Louis de Funès, Louis Saintève, Lucien Baroux, Lucien Desagneaux, Lucienne Le Marchand, Luis Mariano, Madeleine LeBeau, Madeleine Vernet, Marcel Journet, Marcel Raine, Marcel Vallée, Marguerite Pierry, Marie Mansart, Martine Alexis, Maurice Bénard, Maurice Escande, Maurice Maillot, Maurice Teynac, Max Amyl, Michel Nastorg, Michèle Bernard, Michèle Cordoue, Micheline Presle, Nadine de Rothschild, Nicole Maurey, Noël Roquevert, O. W. Fischer, Orson Welles, Patachou, Paul Dupuis, Paulette Andrieux, Pauline Carton, Pierre Brasseur, Pierre Larquey, Raphaël Patorni, Raymond Bussières, René Blancard, René Sarvil, René Worms, Robert Manuel, Roger Pigaut, Roger Royer, Roland Alexandre, Sami Frey, Serge Reggiani, Silvana Pampanini, Simone Paris, Simone Renant, Yves Montand, Yvonne Hébert, Jean-Marc Anthony, Gino Antonini, Claude Arlay, André Auguet, Philippe Beharn, Anthony Carretier, Bob d'Arcy, Maria Favella, Constantin Nepo, Gerard Renateau, Marcel Vergne, Pierre Would, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Robert Favart, Roger Dormoy, Michèle Nadal, Guy Henri, Anne Carrère, Umberto Melnati, Roland Bourdin, Claudy Chapeland, Jacqueline Chambord
Director: Sacha Guitry
Screenwriter: Sacha Guitry
Film Editor: Raymond Lamy
Director of Photography: Pierre Montazel
Composer: Jean Françaix
Costume designer: Paulette Coquatrix, Maggy Rouff
Production Designer: René Renoux

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