Napoléon (1927)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

Abel Gance

Guionista:

Abel Gance (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 febrero 1929 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Guerra

Frase comercial:

Abel Gance's 1927 Masterpiece [reissue]

Plot:

A film about the French Field Marshal's youth and early military career.

Plot Keywords:

Military | Snowball Fight | French Revolution | Campaign | Corsica

Premios:

3 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

an emotional extravaganza that reaches across time

Reparto

Albert Dieudonné	...	Napoléon Bonaparte
Vladimir Roudenko	...	Napoléon Bonaparte enfant
Edmond Van Daële	...	Maximilien Robespierre
Alexandre Koubitzky	...	Danton
Antonin Artaud	...	Marat
Abel Gance	...	Louis Saint-Just
Gina Manès	...	Joséphine de Beauharnais
Suzanne Bianchetti	...	Marie-Antoinette
Marguerite Gance	...	Charlotte Corday
Yvette Dieudonné	...	Élisa Bonaparte
Philippe Hériat	...	Antonio Salicetti
Pierre Batcheff	...	Le général Lazare Hoche
Eugénie Buffet	...	Laetizia Bonaparte
Acho Chakatouny	...	Pozzo di Borgo
Nicolas Koline	...	Tristan Fleuri

También conocida como:

Abel Gance's Napoleon (USA)
Napoléon Bonaparte (France)
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (France)
Napoleon (USA)
Napoleón (Spain) [es]

Duración:

Spain:222 min (DVD edition) | UK:330 min (2000 restoration) | USA:235 min (1981 restored version) | 313 min (20 fps) (cinémathèque française print)

País:

France

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Negro y Blanco (tinted) (some sequences)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby (1981 re-release) | Mono | Silent

Clasificación:

South Korea:Todo (2004) | Finland:K-12 (1966) | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | USA:G (1981 re-release)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Briançon, Hautes-Alpes, France

Compañía:

Films Abel Gance

Trivialidades:

Abel Gance remembered one scene that was removed by the censors, that of the civilian execution by soldiers. The camera is used like a bullet, zooming towards one human target, then another, then another. The sequence is lost, although a still photograph does survive.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Napoleon is appointed commander in chief in the Convention, the position of his arms changes between shots.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en 100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)

an emotional extravaganza that reaches across time

I had the privilege of seeing the restored version of this film, to the accompaniment of a live orchestra under the baton of Carmine Coppola, in Los Angeles' un-air-conditioned war memorial. Despite uncomfortable seating and terrible heat, the experience of this four hour movie remains a watershed for anyone who attended. To think that because of the invention of sound, this masterpiece was partially destroyed by Abel Gance in a fit of depression, is heartbreaking. More shocking is that Gance's invention of Cinemascope - of which today only the end of the film retains in its triptych screen effect - was lost to filmgoers until its reinvention years later.

Obviously true art can't be hidden forever, and Gance did live to see Napoleon take its rightful place in cinematic history. Though it is many years later, I can still remember the tears and the ovation when the black screen with the white signature, "Abel Gance", signified the end of the film. A compelling and great work of art.