Bonaparte et la révolution (1972)

7.0/10 275 min Documentary History

Overview

Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronization from both the 1932 reissue and this version.

Cast

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte (archive footage)

Annabella

Violene (archive footage)

Antonin Artaud

Marat (archive footage)

Pierre Batcheff

Hoche (archive footage)

Abel Gance

St. Just (archive footage)

Philippe Hériat

Salicetti (archive footage)

Nicolas Koline

Tristan (archive footage)

Alexandre Koubitzky

Danton (archive footage)

Jean Topart

Narrator (voice)

Edmond van Daële

Robespierre (archive footage)

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (child) (archive footage)

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