Napoléon (1927)

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

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Genres: Drama, War, Biography

AKA: Abel Gance's Napoleon

Country: France

Directed By: Abel Gance

Written By: Abel Gance

Starring: Antonin Artaud, Annabella, Albert Dieudonné, Vladimir Roudenko, Edmond Van Daële, Alexandre Koubitzky, Abel Gance

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Date	User	Rating
Aug 09	bal3x	50 _18%
Aug 01	sufjan	50 _%
Jul 02	fabiovisnadi	94 _94%
Jun 24	nickv	91 _99%
Jun 08	Geslimmar	90 _94%
Jun 07	normatic	80 _84%
May 24	Toke Za	70 _64%
Apr 22	AHALE80	90 _94%
Apr 08	driscarpin	100 _99%
Versão de 2016: Não, eu nunca vi esse filme antes, havia prometido que só o assistiria no cinema, bem, desprometi agora. E sim, todos os adjetivos benéficos cabem aqui, é uma obra-prima sem tamanho, especialmente na perspectiva do experimentalismo, simplesmente quebrou o cinema e o antecipou em décadas e sim, eu deveria ter visto mesmo no cinema, especialmente o desbunde dos últimos 20 minutos. DVD Duplo Obras-primas do Cinema.
Mar 31	KOS-MOS	76 _84%
A bizarre movie to think about considering Napoleon's lineage was more fresh on people's minds during this time period. The film itself is... pretty boring. But it's impressive as a technical and filmmaking achievement wherein the shots are fantastic and its use of production tools is far more intricate than most films after it. I also like its take on Napoleon, focusing more on his human side than his feats as a historical figure. Its runtime and drab nature make it tiring to watch, however.
Mar 31	Heliophage	87 _97%
Gance is as full of energy and artistry as ever in an over-enthused schoolboy's life of Napoleon—he did like to model his career after Hugo, after all. An epic succession of silly little anecdotes and raucous montages (snowball fights, impassioned crowds, grand battles, risque dance numbers, it almost doesn't matter) set against Napoleon's steely, all-seeing gaze. Given the absurd running time, impatience does grow for the next montage, but the innovation and exuberance are worth the wait.
Mar 24	vildanden	90 _93%
Mar 19	deanjames	80 _77%
Mar 06	Lonewolf2003	95 _98%
A masterpiece this magnus opus by Gance is this. The directing, the editing, the (new) score, the cinematography all is superb. I was surprised on how perfect the end with the three panels worked also, especially the last 10 minutes are so had my astonished. Of course one could criticism Gance for not painting a complete historical correct and very adoring portrait of Napoléon but this subjectivity is already implied in its title.
Mar 04	mate_cosido	90 _91%
Feb 21	napolenbrady	85 _31%
84.50
Feb 07	punpun	92 _97%
Jan 19	jokevv	70 _75%
Jan 19	ibi8588	100 _98%
Jan 18	knives	90 _97%
Dec 28, 2018	FraGil	75 _66%
Dec 25, 2018	kosadetz	90 _90%
Dec 05, 2018	mathiasa	60 _64%
Nov 25, 2018	julesfmb	80 _96%
Nov 18, 2018	vitruvian	95 _91%
Nov 11, 2018	twijfel	79 _88%
Oct 21, 2018	blackendblue	76 _78%
Oct 19, 2018	jal90	92 _85%
Jul 17, 2018	marceloneis	98 _97%
Jul 12, 2018	AchwellFoley	77 _85%
Jun 02, 2018	Kobaruon	90 _93%
May 10, 2018	Grandaddy	75 _77%
May 01, 2018	John Milton	90 _98%
Apr 24, 2018	deleuze	76 _57%
Apr 13, 2018	dourface	80 _86%
Apr 01, 2018	cat9man	89 _86%
Mar 16, 2018	KinkyPotato	70 _83%
Feb 20, 2018	RavynLoony	95 _98%
Feb 11, 2018	porzano	72 _85%
Jan 28, 2018	allneonslike	70 _67%
Jan 03, 2018	DrWade42	93 _96%
Dec 20, 2017	Systematicer	80 _87%
Dec 08, 2017	CMWL	1 _%
Dec 04, 2017	filmcave	81 _80%
Nov 29, 2017	Cocoa	40 _12%
Nov 28, 2017	flund	59 _73%
Oct 04, 2017	LouisMazzini	80 _83%
First vignette was great, the rest not so much.
Oct 01, 2017	sandrikoti	40 _7%
Sep 08, 2017	Arberwaticus	95 _72%
Aug 10, 2017	lh.bb	88 _95%
Jul 26, 2017	Adam P-D	70 _83%
Jun 21, 2017	Tiago Vieira	90 _87%
Jun 16, 2017	navid erfan	90 _91%
May 03, 2017	bybrt	95 _97%
Apr 25, 2017	Philosofem	95 _98%
Apr 14, 2017	outlandish	85 _94%
Apr 11, 2017	zkas1225	79 _77%
Apr 09, 2017	ICMforum	100 _89%
Feb 26, 2017	monoglot	100 _99%
Feb 25, 2017	mCihhh	80 _81%
Feb 22, 2017	RYM-byrates	80 _98%
Feb 01, 2017	mericsenyuz	80 _74%
Jan 28, 2017	BadCosmonaut	3 _22%
Jan 14, 2017	mjbreuer	96 _97%
Jan 08, 2017	clouseau	89 _98%
Jan 02, 2017	kubrickvari	97 _97%
Dec 29, 2016	Pats_London	97 _98%
Dec 28, 2016	DBibby	86 _87%
Dec 26, 2016	Rebert	8 _87%
Dec 21, 2016	oucho	95 _96%
Nov 29, 2016	Gnalkthere	88 _80%
It's dynamite. Everyone kept applauding when the intermissions came in for the 5 1/2 experience.
Nov 28, 2016	laika	97 _98%
Nov 27, 2016	Bown	88 _87%
Saw the 5 1/2 hr 2016 digital restoration at the BFI Southbank. One of the best cinema experiences a film fan could possibly have. Aside from some dragging in Act III, this clips along at a remarkable pace, with cinematography and editing which is astounding even now. I can't imagine how groundbreaking this must have been when it was first released. Gance has such a blatant crush on Napoleon tho, he gushes about him like crazy
Nov 25, 2016	madisalvador	72 _79%
Nov 18, 2016	Ronin22	82 _99%
Nov 06, 2016	bkam	80 _71%
Nov 01, 2016	jerrywarton	84 _95%
Sep 26, 2016	ERogers	100 _90%
Sep 22, 2016	Batty	95 _97%
Aug 27, 2016	NickP	80 _85%
Jul 11, 2016	Damirageir	46 _49%
Jul 08, 2016	Martincuesta	81 _49%
Jul 07, 2016	Hyperion+	8 _99%
I once had a professor refer to this as 'boring'. After hearing his frankly pathetic lectures on the great emperor, I was a bit flummoxed by his brazen audacity.
Jul 05, 2016	kafkalamak	84 _84%
Jul 04, 2016	MrWhiplash	100 _88%
Jul 04, 2016	damfino	59 _39%
Jun 07, 2016	letterboxdvo	40 _91%
Apr 26, 2016	FilmStar**	92 _56%
Mar 12, 2016	FrancoZero	19 _99%
Feb 01, 2016	Magnolia	80 _52%
Jan 31, 2016	kennardjon	84 _88%
Jan 30, 2016	wokelstein	98 _97%
Jan 24, 2016	glumpy_99	69 _26%
Dec 15, 2015	MUBIvotes	43 _97%
Dec 15, 2015	robot2xl	73 _48%
Dec 07, 2015	Llanirev	70 _64%
Nov 28, 2015	TrixRabbi	91 _97%
Easily one of the all-time greatest achievements of the art form and perhaps in the Top 3 of silent cinema. Gance, utilizing every possible tool and editing trick in the book, made a sprawling and astounding epic.
Nov 27, 2015	coroner	100 _97%
Nov 17, 2015	peekingpanda	75 _91%
Nov 11, 2015	maksler	70 _47%
Oct 28, 2015	LordCouture	98 _99%
Oct 25, 2015	bmv	1 _5%
Aug 10, 2015	dcatcher	80 _93%
Aug 03, 2015	atimetolive	5 _82%
Jul 31, 2015	GRouleau	80 _82%
Jul 19, 2015	syenigun	74 _87%
Jul 16, 2015	SleepTight	75 _79%
Jul 15, 2015	Caracortada	50 _43%
Jul 15, 2015	thirdeye42	83 _92%
Jul 02, 2015	Lilarcor	85 _83%
Jun 24, 2015	RodopLu	86 _98%
Jun 23, 2015	TonyKB	100 _97%
May 21, 2015	tommy_leazaq	54 _38%
May 18, 2015	zetes	90 _82%
May 18, 2015	dglink	100 _95%
May 09, 2015	khanbaliq2	100 _90%
Mar 22, 2015	CosmicMonkey	70 _34%
(Review is for triptychless 1983 Conway/Davis Version) Gance's understanding of film grammar is amazing; There a sequences which are nothing less than jaw-droppingly beautiful forms of cinematic poetry. But then there's the other 90% of the film, where every take and scene goes on for far longer than it's ought to, stretching what should have been at most a 3 1/2 hour film to well over 5 hours of slow, boring monotony.
Mar 17, 2015	10kfilms	90 _86%
Mar 10, 2015	rkosiba31	72 _68%
Feb 13, 2015	REDO1	80 _70%
Feb 13, 2015	Henrik	100 _99%
My rating is based on an unreleased Nazi-edited short version (only runs 94 min.), often called "Hitler's version" as it supposedly were in German possession during WWII. And perhaps the German effektivität paid off: Allthough the triptych-climax was missing, it was tight, mad and had lots of oomph, celebrating power, strength, order, catapulting Napoléon, literally, to übermensch..."Ein Führer war da!" (I'm guessing Hitler liked it too).
Feb 01, 2015	kharms2	50 _17%
Jan 29, 2015	LosWochos	87 _52%
Jan 21, 2015	sanguinary	90 _92%
Jan 15, 2015	metaller	70 _46%
Jan 12, 2015	petcor80	85 _88%
Jan 09, 2015	Clepsydra	60 _91%
Jan 04, 2015	camus	61 _39%
Jan 03, 2015	bolan	90 _83%
Dec 14, 2014	felixm85	88 _84%
Dec 13, 2014	Archeologian	80 _86%
Dec 08, 2014	eveclo	87 _84%
Dec 01, 2014	erkmen	81 _82%
Nov 25, 2014	sunsetparade	75 _31%
Oct 12, 2014	prowler	66 _65%
too close to hagiography to be totally great, but it does LOOK and FEEL great
Oct 11, 2014	telbis	70 _50%
Oct 08, 2014	Hadzibegovic	91 _94%
Sep 20, 2014	jborregana	94 _90%
Aug 30, 2014	scottstilson	23 _16%
Aug 27, 2014	hbgulsen	0 _0%
Aug 03, 2014	jackinthebox	100 _98%
Jun 29, 2014	Moribunny	75 _83%
One of the more impressive cinematic epics of the silent era. The acting and everything about the production is top tier, and master craftsman Abel Gance utilizes each and every lighting and editing trick available to a mid-1920s filmmaker. As a historical biography this is obviously a seminal work whose thumbprint marks the genre to this day. I wish I knew the material well enough to judge its historical accuracy, but its seeming sympathy to Bonaparte is perhaps problematic.
Jun 03, 2014	cayh	100 _96%
Jun 01, 2014	themagician	90 _94%
May 28, 2014	gargantua	100 _99%
May 19, 2014	Nathan	72 _54%
Apr 09, 2014	dijivehav	99 _33%
Apr 04, 2014	SickForay	92 _97%
Apr 03, 2014	fufutos	74 _57%
Mar 01, 2014	GrimsChild	90 _99%
Feb 08, 2014	ChrisReynold	67 _74%
Feb 02, 2014	Mulholland	80 _70%
Jan 25, 2014	Kvist	87 _96%
Jan 10, 2014	MMAlpha	85 _83%
Dec 29, 2013	pitn	84 _35%
Dec 17, 2013	ryansmith77	0 _0%
Dec 13, 2013	Communicants	85 _87%
Totally worth over five hours of my life, but the version I saw didn't reproduce the triptych and now I'm super bummed.
Dec 01, 2013	joachimt	90 _96%
Nov 27, 2013	HVM	70 _48%
Nov 24, 2013	theobabis	40 _48%
Oct 23, 2013	Auke Briek	100 _99%
Sep 19, 2013	auhasarderik	9 _91%
Sep 16, 2013	Limdebois	100 _99%
Aug 17, 2013	briga	70 _52%
Aug 16, 2013	Barkinson	50 _39%
Aug 16, 2013	Winston4th	92 _92%
Aug 02, 2013	theWizard	9 _88%
Jul 10, 2013	donquixotic	66 _68%
Jun 27, 2013	mallamp	60 _20%
May 08, 2013	bob thrillin	97 _97%
Holy SHIT. This is a technically flawless film. The only dip is the 20-minute sequence about The Terror, which is indispensable from a narrative standpoint but lacks the sheer energy that makes the other 3 hours 40 minutes so mindblowing. The editing. The multiple exposures. Dieudonne's performance. The ending. It bears repeating: holy SHIT. Everything you've heard about it is true. Find a copy and watch it IMMEDIATELY.
May 07, 2013	jjackson80	88 _95%
Apr 18, 2013	rarog88	1 _14%
Apr 12, 2013	Lobo_Lopez	75 _71%
Mar 09, 2013	oskarhu	81 _76%
Feb 28, 2013	Amadeus	79 _91%
five hours, four stars. I liked La Marseillaise sequence most.
Feb 13, 2013	RoXoN	90 _87%
Feb 03, 2013	Magmadiver	96 _97%
Jan 31, 2013	debaser1985	85 _96%
Jan 31, 2013	finney28	100 _98%
Jan 29, 2013	Bojangles	45 _29%
5 hour cut. I need to get my life in order.
Jan 17, 2013	kafka1325	65 _67%
Jan 11, 2013	Timmer	93 _99%
Dec 02, 2012	PUNQ	60 _89%
Oct 23, 2012	Ronin21	93 _98%
Sep 01, 2012	lineuphere	91 _93%
Sep 01, 2012	snallygaster	89 _96%
A tremendous masterpiece. In modern popular culture, Napoleon (the man) exists almost solely as a comically neurotic midget (he wasn't even short, actually). So any film presenting him as a truly heroic figure faces an uphill battle from the start. Like most of history's "Great Leaders," Napoleon was, among other things, a tyrant and a warmonger, and in principle I object to the one-sided lionization of any of them. However, I can't help admiring the achievement of this film.
Aug 13, 2012	Esmerodo	80 _74%
Aug 02, 2012	whitelighter	44 _2%
Jun 11, 2012	PeregrinVelo	90 _96%
Jun 08, 2012	Mochard	60 _28%
May 19, 2012	steven6345	53 _32%
Apr 26, 2012	Ibetolis1	75 _1%
Apr 13, 2012	marco_n65	97 _99%
Apr 02, 2012	ColonelTigh	97 _94%
Mar 26, 2012	KasperL	50 _31%
Watching this not long after 'War and Peace' (1967) proved seriously unwise. What I thought would be an inspired companion piece came off as wildly inferior. Also, I had expected the triptych to be used much more than just in the last few scenes. So please understand that my rating is supposed to reflect my lack of enjoyment - I'm not saying it's uninteresting from a film historical perspective or that it wasn't an achievement in 1927 - it's just that I can't really recommend sitting through it.
Mar 25, 2012	xacviant	93 _97%
The sheer ambition of NAPOLEON would be enough to secure its place in film history, and what it accomplishes in terms of editing, cinematography, and production design are on a par with anything that has come since. And in Albert Dieudonne, Abel Gance found as perfect a Napoleon as one could hope for. The romantic elements (most of which are complete fabrication) are distressingly mediocre, but they can be overlooked in favor of such marvels as the soaring final triptych. Brisk at 5 1/2 hours.
Feb 24, 2012	matvan	50 _67%
Feb 08, 2012	gorkemoge	100 _99%
Feb 02, 2012	pzingg	98 _96%
Jan 07, 2012	mitchelly	85 _45%
Dec 15, 2011	unknownman	100 _42%
Dec 04, 2011	halukilhan	80 _28%
kongrede hayaletler, yurt kavgası, giyotin golgesi
Nov 30, 2011	keskin	85 _95%
Nov 30, 2011	theyshoot11	95 _90%
#107
Nov 23, 2011	mightysparks	50 _39%
Oct 31, 2011	Syntheseizur	81 _65%
Oct 18, 2011	BaalMan	90 _88%
Oct 15, 2011	nt_	97 _87%
Sep 25, 2011	avgcrtckr	83 _99%
Aug 28, 2011	Ali_V.	93 _96%
Jun 26, 2011	Bufo1944	93 _87%
Jun 12, 2011	Icarus	88 _84%
Gance's film is more about the style and the epic scope than it is the character of Napoleon. And what style. Whether it's the split screen, the handheld, the tracking shots, the brilliant edits, the varied pacing, or even the splash of color, the film is bursting over with formal, and for the time, innovative ideas. Much of Gance innovated one can still find being used in films today, making this one of the seminal masterpieces in cinematic history.
May 22, 2011	rant1229	70 _93%
Apr 30, 2011	FallFoliage	45 _11%
Apr 08, 2011	FlixR8rRedux	86 _92%
Feb 07, 2011	caffe	71 _44%
Jan 30, 2011	FlixR8r	77 _81%
Jan 07, 2011	mrrnn	7 _75%
Jan 07, 2011	L Lawliet	75 _39%
Jan 03, 2011	sydhavsPaddy	80 _82%
Dec 31, 2010	metz	80 _94%
Wonderful score and impressive techniques.
Dec 10, 2010	lucas M.	100 _98%
Dec 10, 2010	Valenzetti	100 _99%
Hard to wrap your head around. Such a staggering, immense work of creative and emotional power. There are points at which the screen feels so alive, it seems on the verge of pulling itself apart. I viewed the 1989 Brownlow version, with Carl Davis' wonderful score.
Nov 30, 2010	Excelsior	90 _98%
Oct 31, 2010	Exposure	90 _82%
Oct 26, 2010	filmcricket	89 _98%
Oct 14, 2010	jodamico	83 _90%
Oct 14, 2010	Leland	98 _91%
Sep 22, 2010	Al Chambers	95 _94%
Aug 10, 2010	IMDb-byvotes	78 _82%
Jul 15, 2010	micmac	88 _95%
Jul 09, 2010	PeaceAnarchy	95 _99%
The rapid cuts, the camera movement, the wonderful score, the compelling story, there's nothing this film doesn't do right.
Jun 23, 2010	Janne	95 _96%
Jun 14, 2010	jeff_v	78 _87%
Dynamite!
May 13, 2010	irma_vep	100 _58%
Apr 02, 2010	gabaguillar	100 _97%
Mar 28, 2010	OMGFridge	10 _97%
Scale wise, Abel Gance has constructed a monstrous production. Its only 1927 yet so many filming techniques are on show to such an incredible extent. The orchestral score is staggering and makes me wish I could see this film in a cinema. Napoleon Bonaparte's story is shown and told in so many ways that only makes other biopics seem so feeble in comparison.
Jan 25, 2010	LetsGoEatHuh	70 _86%
Jan 13, 2010	theyshoot10	95 _90%
108
Jan 05, 2010	zubel	86 _92%
Dec 12, 2009	cinebaixar	97 _98%
Dec 10, 2009	Mechatigger	100 _91%
This towering masterpiece is one of the greatest films ever made, and has been superbly reconstructed. The fact that Gance directed this epochal and visually stunning biography in 1925-1927 makes the film all the more remarkable.
Nov 29, 2009	Barthalen	99 _99%
What an incredible masterpiece. I was completely blown away by the early yet already masterful use of film techniques we now take for granted. The Coppola score combines fantastically with the dynamic, gripping visuals. Must be seen to be believed, my bumbling words can't really convey the sheer epic effort in both storytelling and filmmaking.
Oct 20, 2009	soap	83 _73%
Oct 03, 2009	winds	8 _98%
Sep 12, 2009	negative	3 _%
Sep 10, 2009	cloak	68 _70%
Sep 06, 2009	dagda2	95 _92%
Aug 17, 2009	NilbogSavant	98 _99%
Aug 14, 2009	Crazy Jack	84 _83%

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