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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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Cosetta Greco | ... | Elisa Baccioli | |
| Sacha Guitry | ... | Le prince Charles de Talleyrand | |
| Madeleine Lebeau | ... | Emilie Pellapra | |
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Another cameo for Orson Welles as Hudson Lowe in this all star production of episodic glances at Napoleon's life, performed by Daniel Gelin as the young and Raymond Pellegrin as the old. Written by Adalberto Fornario
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emperor | rise and fall | french empire | napoleonic wars | french army |Certificate:
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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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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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25 March 1955 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Napoleon See more »Company Credits
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For the ultimate "Napoleon" experience we have to go to 1927 and Abel Gance's masterpiece. Guitry's version is solid - but it crams almost thirty years into one movie. Gance had a longer movie - but it ended in 1797; Waterloo was in 1815, and Guitry's account even went beyond Napoleon's death: it concluded with the glorious return of Napoleon's remains to Paris much later. Nonetheless, even though it moved from scene to scene too quickly and needed more character development, this is a solid historical account worth seeing. BEST OF ALL, both the Gance and Guitry versions give us an alternative interpretation of Napoleon instead of the usual Anglophile hate-filled anti-French propaganda, as seen in "Horation Hornblower" and others.