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Napoleon / Universal ; Francis Ford Coppola presents a Robert A. Harris/Images Film Archive, Inc. release from Zoetrope Studios ; directed, written, edited by Abel Gance ; revised under the supervision of Robert A. Harris ; reconstructed by Kevin Brownlow.
LIBRA VHS DC203 .N36 1991 tapes 1-2
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleon.
- France--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- France.
- Kings and rulers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Feature films.
- Silent films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videocassettes (235 min.) : silent, black and white & tinted ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : MCA Home Video, [1991]
- Language Note:
- Intertitles in English.
- System Details:
- VHS; hi-fi, stereo on linear tracks.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- Comprehensive biography of Napoleon. Landmark film of 1927 demonstrates early use of split screen, moving camera and Polyvision.
- Participant:
- Albert Dieudonné (Napoleon), Vladimir Roudenko (Napoleon as a boy), Edmond van Daele (Robespierre), Gina Manes (Josephine), Alexandre Koubitsky (Danton), Antonin Artaud (Marat), Abel Gance (St. Just).
- Credits:
- Photography, Jules Kruger; music composed and conducted by Carmine Coppola.
- Notes:
- Videocassette release from Zoetrope Studios of the 1981 reconstructed motion picture, itself from 1927.
- "Tinted & toned."
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1558806784
- OCLC:
- 35565383
- Publisher Number:
- 80086 MCA Universal Home Video
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