From 1769 to 1821, Napoléon Bonaparte's life, loves and exceptional destiny but as seen through the eyes of Talleyrand, the cynic and ironic politician, who once was the Emperor of France's Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Cast
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| Jean-Pierre Aumont | ... | Régnault de Saint-Jean d'Angély | |
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Jeanne Boitel | ... | Madame de Dino |
| Pierre Brasseur | ... | Le vicomte Paul de Barras | |
| Gianna Maria Canale | ... | Pauline Borghese | |
| Pauline Carton | ... | Une aubergiste | |
| Jean Chevrier | ... | Le général Duroc | |
| Danielle Darrieux | ... | Eléonore Denuelle | |
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Clément Duhour | ... | Le maréchal Michel Ney |
| Jacques Dumesnil | ... | Le maréchal Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte | |
| O.W. Fischer | ... | Le prince Karl von Metternich | |
| Jean Gabin | ... | Le maréchal Jean Lannes | |
| Daniel Gélin | ... | Napoléon Bonaparte - jeune | |
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Cosetta Greco | ... | Elisa Baccioli |
| Sacha Guitry | ... | Le prince Charles de Talleyrand | |
| Madeleine Lebeau | ... | Emilie Pellapra | |
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Orson Welles è Hudson Lowe in questa mega produzione cinematografica che racconta scorci ed episodi della vita di Napoleone. Written by rosebud6
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french empire | napoleonic wars | napoleon bonaparte | emperor | rise and fall |Certificate:
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FrenchRelease Date:
25 March 1955 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Music by Jean-Paul Martini
Lyrics from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Sung by Luis Mariano
(1760)
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Italian censorship visa # 20697 delivered on 19-4-1956. See more »Goofs
The narration by the character of Talleyrand is purportedly spoken in 1821-1822, shortly after Napoléon Bonaparte's death. However, in the last scene Talleyrand describes Napoleon's reburial which happened in 1840, even though Talleyrand himself died in 1838. See more »Soundtracks
Plaisir d'amourMusic by Jean-Paul Martini
Lyrics from a poem by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
Sung by Luis Mariano
(1760)
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This poorly made inexcusable film tries to be too sympathetic to Napoleon and is loaded with innumerable historical inaccuracies. Talleyrand doing the narration is absurd to begin with since he continually back stabbed Napoleon at every turn. Whether one loves the Emperor or loathes him, this movie will only bore you to tears. The acting is wooden and monotonous with the characters all indistinguishable from each other. The famous Battle of Waterloo is given all of one minute without even mentioning Napoleon's opposition and the retreat from Moscow isn't even shown at all. Anything worthwhile that Napoleon did in his lifetime is also completely left out. Lastly, Orson Welles as Sir Hudson Lowe (Napoleon's jailer on St. Helena) is the most incredible case of miscasting I've ever seen in any movie. It just shows how far Welles' stock had fallen in Hollywood to be involved in this farce just for a paycheck. Abel Gance's "Napoleon" from 1927 is still the film to see if one is interested in the life of the Emporer. Napoleon was at least an entertaining and animated conqueror/dictator. In this 1955 version starring Daniel Gelin, he is merely a glaring monosyllabic moron.