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Napoleon

1927 · 425 min · Director: Abel Gance ★ IMDb 8.2 · 9,941 ratings

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A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.

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Napoleon (1927) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Awe 35%, Excitement 25%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Awe, Excitement, Surprise. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Awe, Excitement and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 8.2/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 74/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Inspiration
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Inspiration

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Love

Tension
Inspiration
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 57 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionInspirationSadness
2.5 %≈ 11′Inspiration40 %27 %28 %17 %
7.5 %≈ 32′Sadness48 %34 %29 %33 %
12.5 %≈ 53′Tension53 %39 %36 %29 %
17.5 %≈ 74′Inspiration54 %40 %41 %16 %
22.5 %≈ 96′Tension61 %55 %34 %20 %
27.5 %≈ 117′Tension68 %66 %28 %30 %
32.5 %≈ 138′Tension61 %58 %31 %34 %
37.5 %≈ 159′Inspiration54 %49 %39 %23 %
42.5 %≈ 181′Inspiration60 %56 %43 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 202′Tension70 %68 %41 %28 %
52.5 %≈ 223′Tension75 %71 %34 %41 %
57.5 %≈ 244′Disturbing80 %76 %21 %53 %
62.5 %≈ 266′Tension76 %74 %24 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 287′Tension61 %54 %30 %19 %
72.5 %≈ 308′Disturbing51 %29 %18 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 329′Love57 %19 %18 %13 %
82.5 %≈ 351′Love65 %23 %39 %10 %
87.5 %≈ 372′Inspiration63 %34 %48 %21 %
92.5 %≈ 393′Tension66 %44 %53 %24 %
97.5 %≈ 414′Inspiration77 %40 %68 %12 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AD
Albert Dieudonné

NR
Nicolas Roudenko

Ev
Edmond van Daële

AK
Alexandre Koubitzky

AA
Antonin Artaud

AG
Abel Gance

GM
Gina Manès

NK
Nicolas Koline

A
Annabella

Violine Fleury / Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary

MG
Marguerite Gance

YD
Yvette Dieudonné

Élisa Bonaparte

EB
Eugénie Buffet

Letizia Bonaparte

MS
Maurice Schutz

Filippo Antonio Pasquale di Paoli

PH
Philippe Hériat

Antoine Christophe Saliceti

AC
Acho Chakatouny

Count Charles-André Pozzo of Borgo

LS
Louis Sance

King Louis XVI of France

SB
Suzanne Bianchetti

Queen Marie-Antoinette of France

GC
Georges Cahuzac

Alexandre, Viscount of Beauharnais

MM
Max Maxudian

Paul François Jean Nicolas, Viscount of Barras

HK
Harry Krimer

Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle

Details

Directed by
Abel Gance
Written by
Abel Gance
Type
Movies
Released
1927
Runtime
425 min
Country
France
Genres
Drama, History, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.2 · 9,941 ratings
Feels mostly
Awe
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