Napoléon (film)

Napoléon is a French drama film from 1927 film directed by Abel Gance. ==Story[ Edit] == Napoleon is a French silent film from 1927 by Abel Gance and follows the route of Napoleon Bonaparte from his first school days in Brienne-le-Château in 1781 to the beginning of his Italian campaign on 16 april 1796.

Abel Gance, writer and Director of the film, was determined to produce a movie that could measure themselves in terms of grandeur with his subject, Napoleon. To achieve this he surrounded himself with big names in the French film world, including Alexander Benois and Simon Feldman. The film is full of technical innovations such as the application of color, widescreen and stereoscopy. But most important of all was the experiment with mobile camera work. In that time, most movie shots static, but the public had to be able to empathize more Gance found that with the movie. So the camera from the tripod was extracted and put on wheels, driven around on rails, placed on the back of a horse and even hung to a flying trapeze. This provided dynamic shots of locations, close-ups of characters in action, underwater shots and so on.

Initially it would be filmed in six parts throughout the life of Napoleon, but the budget for six episodes had already used up Gance before the first part was finished.Therefore he was forced to the film to end with the arrival of Napoleon in Italy. To do this, he found the process, also known as triptych Polyvision: the scene was filmed by three cameras and three projectors to show the scene.

The film was restored in 1981 by film historian Kevin Brownlow, who worked there 20 years. For this reconstruction Carl Davis was asked to compose new music. The score is a mix of existing music, arrangements of traditional material and new compositions. Davis uses a lot of music pieces by Beethoven because Beethoven admirer of Napoleon and Napoleon's victory at Marengo been seems to have inspired him for his third Symphony. In addition, Davis arranged songs from the French Revolution (including the Marseillaise) and folk music from Corsica.

On Sunday 15 June 2014 is the movie to see for the first time in this new version in the Ziggo Dome during the Holland Festival, accompanied live by the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, led by Carl Davis. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * Albert Dieudonné: Napoleon Bonaparte
 * Vladimir Roudenko: Napoleon Bonaparte (as a child)
 * Edmond Van Daële: Robespierre
 * Alexandre Koubitzky: Georges Danton
 * Antonin Artaud: Jean-Paul Marat
 * Abel Gance: Louis Antoine Saint-just
 * Gina Manès: Joséphine de Beauharnais
 * Suzanne Bianchetti: Marie Antoinette
 * Marguerite Gance: Charlotte Corday d'Armont
 * Yvette Dieudonné: Elisa Bonaparte