A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), 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 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five).
The film's legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple-image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.
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Napoleon
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Napoleon's Piano
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Martin Phipps:
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Toulon
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Martin Phipps:
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Josephine
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Martin Phipps:
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Soldiers of the 5th Regiment
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Martin Phipps:
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Ladies in Waiting
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Martin Phipps:
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Austerlitz Kyrie (Martin Phipps & Ensemble Organum)
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Martin Phipps:
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We Are Discovered
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Martin Phipps:
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Make the Rain Stop
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Martin Phipps:
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Look Down
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Martin Phipps:
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First Counsel
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Martin Phipps:
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Russia
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Martin Phipps:
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Return to France
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Martin Phipps:
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Waterloo Requiem
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Martin Phipps:
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Downfall (Martin Phipps & Ensemble Organum)
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Martin Phipps:
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Bonaparte's Lament (Martin Phipps & Ensemble Spartimu)
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Martin Phipps:
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Corse 1769
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon générique de début
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon Bonaparte
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Un monde qui change
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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12 Vendemiaire
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Joséphine de Beauharnais
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Mouvements de troupes
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Les armées face à face
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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La bataille fait rage
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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La campagne d'Egypte
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Bonaparte en Egypte
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Bonaparte dresse ses plans
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Le sacre de l'Empereur
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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La marche vers l'Empire
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon et Joséphine
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Salons et réceptions
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Au combat !
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Les Autrichiens
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Amours et relations
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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La campagne d'Espagne
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Problèmes et revers
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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La campagne de Russie
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon en exil
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon générique de fin
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Napoléon le conquérant
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Maximilien Mathevon:
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Le sacre
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Jean Francaix:
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Desiree Clary
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Jean Francaix:
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Monaco
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Jean Francaix:
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Polonaise
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Jean Francaix:
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Adieu de Marie Walewska
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Jean Francaix:
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La moscowa
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Jean Francaix:
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Le roi de Rome
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Jean Francaix:
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Marche militaire française
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Jean Francaix:
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