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Battle of Austerlitz

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Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.

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John Gillett Sight & Sound 03/17/2020
The film has all the hallmarks of a great big bore (even in this heavily cut version, the first hair does seem pretty interminable); and yet the personality of its creator is there all the time, mixing dross with gold as he has always done. Go to Full Review Trevor Johnston Time Out 11/15/2007
Silent-cinema genius he may well have been, but by this time in his career Abel Gance was creatively a shadow of his former self. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 02/22/2014
C+
A bore. Go to Full Review TV Guide 11/15/2007
2.5/4
If the name of Abel Gance isn't reason enough to rent the film, then how about a cast that includes Orson Welles, Claudia Cardinale, Michel Simon, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Jack Palance, and Leslie Caron? Go to Full Review Film4 Staff Film4 11/15/2007
This lengthy, academic and stilted pageant is made watchable only by familiar faces in the cast. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Abel Gance

Director

Rossano Brazzi

Lucien Bonaparte

Claudia Cardinale

Actor

Pierre Mondy

Pauline Bonaparte

Leslie Caron

Mlle de Vaudey

Maria Ferrero

Elisa Bonaparte

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Movie Info

Synopsis Napoleon Bonaparte (Pierre Mondy) crowns himself emperor and fights the English, Austrians and Russians in 1802.
Director
Abel Gance
Producer
Alexander Salkind
Genre
War
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
2h 50m