Napoleon: Destiny and Death

Napoleon: Destiny and Death

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2021-04-24
Duration:88 min
Director:Mathieu Schwartz
Actors:Tristan Delus, Denis Podalydès, Patrice Gueniffey, Jacques-Olivier Boudon, Thierry Lenz
Production:ARTE, TSVP, Miyu Productions, TV5 Monde, RTBF

Overview:

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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