Silent motion picture.
Abel Gance's 1927 masterpiece, reconstructed by Kevin Brownlow.
Credits: director, Francis Ford Coppola ; cinematographers, Jules Kruger, Leonce-Henry Burel, Jean-Paul Mundviller ; music [for the new edition] composer, arranger, and conductor, Carmine Coppola.
Cast includes: Vladimir Roudenko, Albert Dieudonné, Gina Manès, Nicolas Koline, Antonin Artaud, Abel Gance, Edmond van Daële, Koubitzky.
A historical epic on the life of Napoleon from boyhood to the invasion of Italy. The film is credited with important early use of split screen, moving camera, Polyvision and Russian montage.