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Napoleon: Destiny and Death
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Napoleon: Destiny and Death

2021-04-24 · 88 min · ★ 7.3

Documentary · Animation · History · TV Movie

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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Directors
Mathieu Schwartz
Production companies
ARTE, TSVP, Miyu Productions, TV5 Monde, RTBF
Countries
Belgium, France
Status
Released

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Tristan DelusNapoleon Bonaparte
Denis PodalydèsDenis PodalydèsSelf - Narrator (voice)
Patrice GueniffeySelf - Historian
Jacques-Olivier BoudonJacques-Olivier BoudonSelf - Historian
Thierry LenzSelf - Historian
Pierre BrandaSelf - Historian
Charles-Éloi VialSelf - Historian
Jean-Marie RouartJean-Marie RouartSelf - Writer
François HoudececkSelf - Historian
Chantal PrévotSelf - Historian
Émilie RobbeSelf - Historian

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