- BFI identifier38904
- Date1927 (Release)
- Production countryFrance
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- SynopsisBiography of the French military and political figure Napoléon Bonaparte. (Synopsis)
- Work historyFilm restored with previously omitted footage by Kevin Brownlow in 1980 (290 mins), 1983, and 2000 (331 mins). See Brownlow interview from 2004 on bfi website. US version from 1982 by F.F. Coppola's Zoetrope company also released. The film has always existed in several versions with running times varying from 75 minutes to over 5 hours. It was made in Polyvision, although some versions were without Polyvision. Gance himself did several re-editions of the film. See also Napoléon Bonaparte (1934) and Bonaparte et la révolution (1971).
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- CastGina Manès (Joséphine de Beauharnais)
Albert Dieudonné (Bonaparte)
Eugénie Buffet (Letizia Bonaparte)
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This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: English commentary, NFT Commentary (1970 reconstructed version) and titles for British and American versions - SCR-12992
Ephemera: publicity - PBU-38904
Script - English titles: reconstructed version (October 1970). - S22040
FILM AND TELEVISION EPHEMERA. Information folder. FILM PROGRAMMES. CINEMA EPHEMERA: LONDON (Tivoli) & OVERSEAS (USA, New York, Radio City Music Hall) for examples of programmes.
view all - Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-11104
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape poster - PD-11105
Poster: film - Poster for the restoration screening at Place de Casone, Ajaccio, 6 to 7 August 1987 - PD-12447
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-ehn
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2013
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