Napoleon is a French – Italian film directed by Sacha Guitry in 1954 , and released in 1955 .
Summary of the work
The film exposes the life of Napoleon from 1769 to 1821. The epic of Napoleon Bonaparte told by M. de Talleyrand to his friends; his birth in Corsica , his studies at the military school of Brienne , his engagement in Toulon , his arrival in Paris , his meeting with Josephine de Beauharnais . Arcola, the Egyptian campaign , the 18th Brumaire , Bonaparte became First Consul, then Napoleon I first emperor. His victories, the Russian campaign , the abdication, the island of Elba , Waterloo , St. Helena…
Technical sheet
- Director: Sacha Guitry
- Scenario, Adaptation, Dialogue: Sacha Guitry
- Assistant Directors: Patrice Dally , Gérard Renateau , Jean Vivet
- Councilor (and director) for the battles: Eugène Lourié
- Pictures: Pierre Montazel , Roger Dormoy , assisted by Ghislain Cloquet
- Operators: Louis Née , Henri Tiquet , John Von Kotze , Raymond Letouzey , André Dumaitre , Marcel Franchi, Jean Lallier , Claude Robain
- Music: Jean Françaix
- Musical Director: Marc Lanjean
- Song:
- ” Pleasure of love “, interpreted by Luis Mariano (Ritournelle composed in 1760 by Jean-Paul Martini who adapted the lyrics of a poem by Pierre-Jean Claris de Florian )
- ” Song of the Marshals “, interpreted by Yves Montand , Armand Mestral and Clément Duhour (written by Jean Françaix and Sacha Guitry) 1
- Sets: René Renoux , assisted by Pierre Tyberghein
- Costumes: Monique Dunan , Paulette Coquatrix , Jacques Cottin
- Editing: Raymond Lamy
- Sound: Joseph of Brittany
- Makeup: Roger Chanteau , Hagop Arakelian , Marcel Rey
- Script: Francine Corteggiani
- Photographers: Jean Klissak , Guy André , Maurice Déribéré
- Production: Clément Duhour
- Production Companies: CLM Films (Clément Duhour) – Sonor Film – Francinex – Rizzoli Film – (Franco-Italian)
- Production Manager: Gilbert Bokanowski
- Distribution: Cinédis
- Country: France , Italy
- Shooting: from June 14 to October 30, 1954
- Genre: Biography , Drama , Historical Movie
- Format: Colors by Eastmancolor – 35 mm – 1.37: 1 – Mono
- Duration: 182 min – broadcast in 2 epochs
- Release date: March 25, 1955
- Operating Visa: 15725
Distribution
- Raymond Pellegrin : Napoleon
- Michèle Morgan : Josephine de Beauharnais
- Danielle Darrieux : Éléonore Denuelle from La Plaigne
- Dany Robin : Desiree Clary
- Lana Marconi : Marie Walewska
- Michèle Cordoue : Julie Clary
- Patachou : ” Madame Sans-Gêne “
- Micheline Presle : Queen Hortense of Beauharnais
- Gianna Maria Canale : Pauline Borghese
- Nicole Maurey : M me Tallien
- Maria Favella : M I Laetitia
- Marguerite Pierry : M me Chabrol-deceiving
- Pauline Carton : an innkeeper
- Jeanne Boitel : M me Dino
- Anna Amendola : Caroline Murat
- Maria Schell : Marie-Louise from Austria
- Cosetta Greco : Elisa Bacciochi
- Darling Légitimus 2 : Blanche, the nurse
- Madeleine Lebeau : Émilie Pellapra
- Simone Paris : The Countess of Blanc-Mesnil
- Marie Mansart : M me Bertrand
- Anne Carrère : M me Hamelin
- Betty Beckers : a wonderful
- Michèle Ginesty : a wonderful
- Janine André : a wonderful
- Liliane Piquet : a wonderful
- Catherine Brieux : a wonderful
- Colette Brumaire : a wonderful
- Dora Doll : a wonderful
- Jacqueline Chambord : a wonderful
- Olga Nielsen : a wonderful
- Yvonne Hebert : a wonderful
- Paulette Andrieux : a wonderful
- Michèle Bernard : a wonderful
- Noëlle Bourdin : a wonderful
- France Degan : a wonderful
- Françoise Jacquier : a wonderful
- Nadine Tallier : a wonderful
- Martine Alexis : M Miss Delacroix
- Flora Florence : M me Clary, mother
- Sacha Guitry : Talleyrand
- Daniel Gélin : Bonaparte
- Pierre Brasseur : Barras
- Yves Montand : Marshal Lefebvre
- Henri Vidal : Marshal Murat
- Luis Mariano : Garat, the singer
- Serge Reggiani : Lucien Bonaparte
- Jean Chevrier : General Duroc
- Maurice Escande : Louis XV
- Christmas Roquevert : General Cambronne
- Jean Marais : the count of Montholon
- Orson Welles : Sir Hudson Lowe
- Jean Gabin : marshal Lannes 3
- Erich von Stroheim : Ludwig van Beethoven
- Jean Marchat : General Bertrand
- Jean Piat : Junot
- Daniel Ivernel : Cambaceres
- Gilbert Gil : Louis Bonaparte
- Lucien Baroux : Louis XVIII
- Robert Manuel : Joseph Bonaparte
- Clement Duhour : Marshal Ney
- Roger Pigaut : the Marquis de Caulaincourt
- Maurice Teynac : Count Emmanuel de Las Cases
- Jean-Jacques Delbo : General Beker
- Jacques Dumesnil : Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
- Gino Antonini : Pope Pius VII
- Louis Arbessier : Marshal Berthier
- Umberto Melnati : Cardinal Fesch
- Jacques Varennes : Boissy of Anglas
- Claude Arlay : Jerome Bonaparte
- Gilbert Bokanowski : Louis XVI and Marchand
- Marcel Vallée : General Carteaux
- Aimé Clariond : Corvisart
- Jean Pâqui, known as the “Chevalier d’Orgeix” : General Flahaut
- Jean Debucourt : Fouche
- Roland Alexandre : the Count of Blanc-Mesnil
- Jean Danet : General Gourgaud
- Georges Vitray : Gohier
- Charles Moulin : General Mortier
- Armand Mestral : General Oudinot
- OW Fischer : Prince von Metternich
- Jean-Pierre Aumont : Regnault of St. John of Angely
- Howard Vernon : Lord Liverpool
- Denis d’Inès : Sieyès
- Marcel Journet : Choiseul
- Jean-Marc Anthony : Marmont
- Antonio : the hairdresser
- André Chanu : General Petit
- Roland Bourdin : Claude François de Méneval
- Bernard Lefort : a singer
- Illial : Ali
- Fernand Fabre : Francis II of Austria
- Joë Hammann : General Kellermann
- René Worms : M. de Barbé-Marbois
- Bob d’Arcy : Wellington
- René Blancard : General Dummerbion
- André Auger : a parliamentarian
- Henri Cote : a parliamentarian
- Pierre d’Arcey : a parliamentarian
- Lucien Desagneaux : a parliamentarian
- Louis Saintève : a parliamentarian
- Jean Sylvain : a parliamentarian
- Victor Tabournot : a parliamentarian
- Christian Brocard : a spectator at the opera
- Paul Dupuis : Neipperg
- Christian Fourcade : Bonaparte, child
- Guy Henry : Marshal Brune
- René Sarvil : a Marseillais
- Michel Malloire : the little Leon
- Yannick Malloire : the little Pellapra
- Jean-Pierre Maurin : Eugene, child
- Jean-Pierre Pascal : Bourrienne, child
- Gérard Renateau : Antommarchi
- Claude Rey : Lætitia, young
- Marcel Rey : Charles Bonaparte
- Jacques Maffioli : Constant
- Marcel Vergne : Roger Ducos
- Marcel Raine : General Duteil
- Maurice Martelier : Gonthier
- René Favart : Count Otto
- Michel Nastorg : Massena
- André Roanne : Mr. Remussat
- Jacques Bertrand : Marshal Mac Donald
- Jacques Sablon : Robespierre the Younger
- Sofiane Cisse : Roustan
- Georges Spanelly : Salicetti
- Maurice Maillot : Marshal Soult
- Constantin Neppo : Tsar Alexander
- Claudy Chapeland : Alexandre Walewski
- Jean Mouhnir : Sheikh El Beckrir
- Maurice Brutus : the Duke of Fleming
- Pierre Would : Marshal Pérignon
- Philippe Beharn : Marshal Suchet
- Marcel Trompier : Marshal Bessières
- Stéphane Prince : Martini
- Bernard Dhéran : Bourrienne
- Jean-Pierre Mauriac : Prince Eugene
- Louis de Funès : Laurent Passementier, a soldier
- Christiane Blondell : M me Carteaux
- Madeleine Vernet : Madeleine
- Jacqueline Marbaux : M me Talleyrand
- Michèle Nadal : a dancer
- Anthony Carretier : General Augereau
- Jean-Marie Robain : the Count of Artois
- Jean-François Martial : General Dugommier
- Jean Degrave : Davout
- Félix Clément : Gasparin
- Raphaël Patorni : Linglet
- Jacques Fayet : Eugene de Beauharnais
- André Chabrol
- Jacques Bézard
- Maurice Bénard
- Max Amyl
- Jonny Mary
- Léon Walter
- Gilles Galion
- Gaston Rey
- Pierre Flourens
- Lucienne Lemarchand
- Henri Duc
- Alexandre Randal
- Gurgeus
- Sami Frey
- Flore Saint-Renaud
Cut to mounting
- Françoise Arnoul : a girl from the Palais-Royal
- Eleonora Rossi Drago : M me Pauline Fourès
- Simone Renant : M me Montholon
- Albert Duvaleix : Mr. Blanchetière
- Jean Ozenne : Mr. de Beauveau
- Raymond Bussières : Raoul Passementier
- Corinne Calvet : M me Recamier
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir : M me Leroy
- Pierre Larquey : Hippolyte Passementier
- Fernand Ledoux : Lazare Carnot
- Gaby Morlay : M me of Blanchetière
- Silvana Pampanini : the Grassini
- Roger Royer : Maurice of Saxony
- Georges Bever : the lean man
- Gabriel Cattand : Baron Fain
- Alain Bouvette : Eugene Passementier
Anecdote
- About the extras, several battalions of soldiers were mobilized to reconstruct the scenes of battles, among which a large number of Senegalese and Annamese riflemen .
- The role of Caroline Murat , sister of the emperor and wife of Marshal Murat is held by Anna Amendola . In Napoleon (mini-series) by Yves Simoneau the role of Marshal Murat is played by Claudio Amendola .
Shooting
The Lorey footbridge is the scene of the crossing of the Arcole bridge .
Notes and references
- ↑ André Bernard and Alain Paucard , Sacha Guitry , The Age of Man, al. “H files,”, 236 p. ( ISBN 9782825114612 , read online [ archive ] ) , p. 223
- ↑ Credited “Miss Darling”
- ↑ Short scene to play, where his character, the amputated legs who said to Napoleon: “Enough …”