Napol

Napoléon (1927) Napoléon is an epic (1927) silent French film directed by Abel Gance that tells the story of the rise of Napoleon I of France. It begins from his youth in school where he already manage a snowball fight like a military campaign, to his victory in invading Italy in 1797. Planned to be the first of six movies about Napoleon Bonaparte, it was realised after the completion of the film that the costs involved would make this impossible. Ahead of its time in its use of handheld cameras and editing, many scenes were hand tinted or toned. Gance had intended the final reel of the film to be screened as a triptych via triple projection, or Polyvision. It was first released in a gala premiere at the Paris Opéra in April 1927. Napoléon had been screened in only 8 European cities when Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer bought the rights to the film, but after screening it intact in London, it was cut drastically in length, and only the central panel of the widescreen sequences retained before it was put on limited release in the United States, where it was indifferently received at a time when talkies were just starting to appear. IMDB: 8.3/10 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018192/

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HarryNRubin (2008-08-19)

great movie thanks! this copy is PERFECT

ariwen (2008-09-29)

How long is this version? Since there are versions from 220 up to 313 minutes I think...

drclgr (2009-01-28)

This version is 234 minutes long.
The format is 4:3, which is quite tragic because the original is 4:1. This means, you see only one third of the picture. :-/

lastjedi (2010-03-23)

this movie has no sound.please help!

tjack360 (2010-10-02)

The original aspect ratio of the movie is 4:1. The dvd was probably originally made in 4:3 but that is not the original aspect ration the movie was FILMED in. DVD aspect ratio does not automatically mean it maintains the original aspect ration. Some dvds are "Formatted to fit your tv screen."

tjack360 (2010-10-02)

4:1 - Rare use of Polyvision, three 35 mm 1.33 images projected side by side. First used in 1927 on Abel Gance's Napoléon.
That should settle the disagreement.