Bonaparte and the Revolution

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Overview

Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his 1927 epic, which contains much of the silent original, with newly shot material added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronisation from both the 1932 reissue and this version.

Cast: Albert Dieudonné, Annabella, Antonin Artaud, Pierre Batcheff, Eugénie Buffet, more

Director: Abel Gance

Genres: Documentary, History

Cast

Albert Dieudonné

Napoléon Bonaparte (archive footage)

Annabella

Violene (archive footage)

Antonin Artaud

Marat (archive footage)

Pierre Batcheff

Hoche (archive footage)

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Eugénie Buffet

Laetitia (archive footage)

Abel Gance

St. Just (archive footage)

Philippe Hériat

Salicetti (archive footage)

Nicolas Koline

Tristan (archive footage)

Alexandre Koubitzky

Danton (archive footage)

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Gina Manès

Joséphine de Beauharnais (archive footage)

Jean Topart

Narrator (voice)

Edmond van Daële

Robespierre (archive footage)

Nicolas Roudenko

Napoléon Bonaparte (child) (archive footage)

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