Napoleon 4K 1927 Ultra HD 2160p

A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film's legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple- image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.

User Review

What is the film about? Napoleon, of course! It's about his development as a person and the twists and turns of his fate (the last years of his life are tactfully omitted).

If you think that Abel Gance's Napoleon is similar to Leo Tolstoy's Napoleon, you are greatly mistaken! Here, Napoleon is shown from his youth as a proud man with a kind heart, a man full of ambition.

The film has three main strengths: the scale of the battle scenes, the innovative cinematography, and the actors (especially Albert Dieudonné).

There are no significant drawbacks, except that not everyone can sit through a four-hour silent film. Therefore, I cannot recommend it to everyone.

Info Video

Codec: HEVC / H.265 (42.7 Mb/s)
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1, 4.00:1

Info Audio

#Music: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
#Music: Dolby Digital 5.1

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