May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.
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- Released
- Production
- ARTE, TSVP, Miyu Productions, TV5 Monde
Keywords
- biography
- napoleon bonaparte
- historical figure
- docudrama
- napoleonic wars
- 18th century
- 19th century
- death wish
- politician death
- french history
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Top Cast
Tristan Delus as Napoleon Bonaparte
Denis Podalydès as Self - Narrator (voice)
Patrice Gueniffey as Self - Historian
Jacques-Olivier Boudon as Self - Historian
Thierry Lenz as Self - Historian
Pierre Branda as Self - Historian
Charles-Éloi Vial as Self - Historian
Jean-Marie Rouart as Self - Writer
Top Crew
Mathieu Schwartz · Director, Writer
Baptiste Thiry · Composer
Gabriele Buti · Cinematographer
Marie Luquet-Courbon · Editor
Agnès Molia · Producer
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