Monsieur N. (2003)

Director:

Antoine de Caunes

Writers:

René Manzor (scenario), Pierre Kubel (original idea)

Stars:

Philippe Torreton, Richard E. Grant, Jay Rodan

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Philippe Torreton	...	Napoléon Bonaparte
Richard E. Grant	...	Hudson Lowe
Jay Rodan	...	Basil Heathcote
Elsa Zylberstein	...	Albine de Montholon
Roschdy Zem	...	Marshal Bertrand
Bruno Putzulu	...	Cipriani
Stéphane Freiss	...	Gen. Montholon
Frédéric Pierrot	...	Gen. Gourgaud
Siobhan Hewlett	...	Betsy Balcombe
Peter Sullivan	...	Thomas Reade
Stanley Townsend	...	Dr. O'Meara
Igor Skreblin	...	Ali
Blanche de Saint-Phalle	...	Fanny Bertrand
Jake Nightingale	...	Carpenter
Bernard Bloch	...	Von Holgendorp

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

love quadrangle | prison | historical event | lieutenant | prisoner | 

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Taglines:

Le plus grand mystère de notre histoire tient en une seule lettre

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France UK

Language:

French English Corsican

Release Date:

12 February 2003 (France)

Also Known As:

Napoleón: La última batalla

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

€15,920,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,149 (USA) (18 March 2005)

Gross:

$16,802 (USA) (18 March 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, France Télévision Images 2

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Napoleon is seen working on a crossword puzzle. The first such puzzle appeared in 1913, almost a century after the scene supposedly took place.

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Connections

Featured in Monsieur N, l'aventure du tournage (2003)

User Reviews

a new perspective

funny, almost saddening how the one who tells the story first makes it their own at the truth's expense. a brilliant piece of motion picture artistry yet the undeniable undertones of English supremacy left a bad taste in my mouth. true to the genius of napoleon, but one has to question whether it was the intellectual workings of a genius' mind we were bearing witness to or the one who unwittingly outwits the genius, even though by the dumbest of luck. the mind is the most unforgiving of captures and physical captivity is a mere detail if compared to it. that is what i came out of the movie in awe of. the story has been recycled and repetitively told much to the detriment of it's truth and purity; and even though it has been airbrushed to do away with the blemishes, one can not help but feel that the newly-created veneer of English supremacy was the gremlin in their propaganda machine.

i highly recommend the movie, intriguing to the final scene.