Napoleon in 66 minutes? This silent French fever dream said 'hold my absinthe.'
Cinematography
1926 French visual poetry with bonkers historical reenactments.
Costume
Napoleonic drip that's somehow both accurate and unhinged.
Director
Henry Roussel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Henry Roussel was primarily a stage actor who made exactly three films—this was his cinematic swan song.
Released during France's 'Napoleon revival' of the 1920s, when the Little General became weirdly fashionable again after WWI's trauma.
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