Chronicles Napoleon's journey from a marginalized student to a revolutionary military commander navigating political chaos and personal ambition.
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to 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.
Abel Gance
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