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Raymond Pellegrin,
Daniel Gélin,
Sacha Guitry,
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Sacha Guitry
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: Not Rated
: Media Syndication, Inc.
: Biopics
: 119 min.
: English
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Showing no signs of slowing down in his 70th year, Sacha Guitry served as director and writer of the lavish historical epic Napoleon, and also costarred as Talleyrand. It is now hard to assess the quality of the film, since most American prints are severely edited, and the color photography appallingly washed out. Reviewers in 1955 admired the effort that went into this $1,800,000 production, but complained that the viewer left the film with no deeper understanding of Napoleon Bonaparte than the viewer had had when coming in. Daniel Gelin poses impressively as the young Bonaparte, registering emotion only when things go wrong in his conquest of Europe, while Raymond Pellegrin is somewhat better as the older, more jaded Napoleon (the transition between the two actors is handled in a near-comic fashion). The Revolution is reduced to a few fleeting scenes, while the rest of the film is devoted to political infighting and betrayal. The huge supporting cast includes Michele Morgan as Josephine and Lana Marconi and Dany Robin, respectively, as Napoleon's mistresses Waleska and Desiree. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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| Careful which Napoleon
by TBarker
April 14, 2012 - 12:07 PM PDT
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I wanted to rent the French "Napoleon." I did.. ooops. I meant to watch the silent screen "epic." Also Frence but 1927 not 1955.
My fault, my bad. This one is not a good print. I'm 2 for 2. I accidently rented a Gary Cooper film I saw last fall, now this! haha |
| yaaaaaaaawn
by rarcher
August 22, 2006 - 3:25 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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got 40 minutes in and ejected
just unbearably tedious
mostly really drab shots of people sitting around talking
doesn't help that it's dubbed |
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