Napoleon, directed by Abel Gance. This film was made in 1927 and is a silent film, but its cinematography is 30 years ahead of its time, with fantastic battle sequences and moving scenes. Here Napoleon is depicted in all of his youth, vigor and glory. The apt score was written by Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's father. This film was once lost, but Francis Ford Coppola spent over a quarter of a million dollars hunting down its various components and having it reconstructed. The action takes the viewer up to Napoleon's invasion of Italy.
Napoleon written and directed by Sacha Guitry. This 1957 version attempts to cram Napoleon's entire life into a feature length film. It actually does as good a job as could be expected considering the breadth of the subject. This film has an all star cast including Daniel Gélin as the young Bonaparte, Raymond Pellegrin as Napoleon and Orson Welles as Sir Hudson Lowe. It is pro-France and pro-Napoleon.
My Napoleon is a wonderfully illustrated children's book about Napoleon while on the island of St. Helena. Based on the diary entries of a young girl who knew Napoleon.
