Cast: Abel Gance

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Gina Manès · Edmond Van Daële · Antonin Artaud

Synopsis A biopic of Napoleon which spans approximately 16 years. It covers Napoleon's childhood, his first strategic victory (a schoolyard snowball fight), his rise through the ranks after the Revolution and his marriage to Josephine, and culminates in the Italian campaign...

Direction Jean Epstein

Cast Jean Debucourt · Marguerite Gance · Charles Lamy · Fournez-Goffard

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Victor Francen · Colette Darfeuil · Abel Gance · Jeanne Brindeau

Synopsis As a comet speeds along on a collision course with Planet Earth, the world prays for a miracle. Scientist Victor Francen races against time to avoid the cataclysm, while Francen's religious-fanatic brother (played by director Gance) puts his fate in...

Direction Léonce Perret

Cast André Bacqué · Abel Gance · Mary Brunel · Madeleine Sézanne

Synopsis On a script by young Abel Gance who even plays the role of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, also known as Moliére, this is the first important film by Léonce Perret at Gaumont. A short bio, shot in Versailles, in the quarter of...

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Annabella · Antonin Artaud · Pierre Batcheff

Synopsis Abel Gance's 1971 sound edition of his epic 1927 'Napoleon', which contains much of the silent original, with new material shot and added in both 1965 and 1971, and with sound synchronization from both the 1932 reissue and this version.

Direction Eugene Deslaw

Cast Abel Gance

Direction Abel Gance

Cast Albert Dieudonné · Gina Manès · Damia · Eugénie Buffet

Synopsis A reedited version of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece 'Napoléon vu par Abel Gance', with sound effects added, dialogue post-dubbed, and with new scenes filmed with additional new cast members. The film recounts the life and exploits of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor...