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Napoleon Series [Region 2]

Christian Clavier (Actor, Host), Isabella Rossellini (Actor, Host), Yves Simoneau (Director, Host) Rated:

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Genre	Drama
Format	Import, PAL, Widescreen
Contributor	Napoleon (2002) ( Napoléon ), Toby Stephens, Julian Sands, John Malkovich, Napoléon, Anouk Aimee, Yves Simoneau, Isabella Rossellini, Heino Ferch, Sebastian Koch, Napoleon (2002), Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, Alexandra Maria Lara See more
Number Of Discs	2
Runtime	360 minutes

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Denmark released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Danish ( Subtitles ), Finnish ( Subtitles ), Norwegian ( Subtitles ), Swedish ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Filmed in France, Hungary, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Morocco, and Canada, this ambitious biographical TV miniseries chronicles the life and times of the 'Little Corporal' from Corsica who managed to conquer nearly all of Europe within a period of a dozen years. The narrative begins in the mid-1790s, as Napoleon Bonaparte (played, curiously enough, by comic actor Christian Clavier) makes his mark on posterity with spectacular victories in Austria and Egypt. On the home front, Napoleon woos and wins the lovely (and considerably older) Josephine (Isabella Rossellini), but finds time for extracurricular romances with other women, notably Countess Marie Walewska (Alexandra Maria Lara). Ultimately, Bonaparte's ambitions destroy him, first in Russia, then at Waterloo, consigning the general-cum-emperor to live out his life in humiliation and exile. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Emmy Awards, ...Napoleon (2002) ( Napoléon )

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MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.48 x 5.39 x 0.59 inches; 3.7 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Yves Simoneau
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import, PAL, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 360 minutes
Actors ‏ : ‎ Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini, Gerard Depardieu, John Malkovich, Anouk Aimee
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Swedish, Finnish, Danish
Producers ‏ : ‎ Napoleon (2002) ( Napoléon ), Napoleon (2002), Napoléon
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001PQGSLI
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ Denmark
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2

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Roger

Vive L'Emperor!

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2015

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A visually stunning production. A good cast enhances this very well done mini-series. Presented in four parts it manages to capture the flavor of the times and the Emperor's incredible life. Historical events are accurately shown for the most part, and if changed are done so in the spirit of the time. Even a large 400 hour epic like this cannot possible capture the many aspects of Napoleon's hectic life. The battle scenes are well done and manage to show key elements of the battles portrayed. The overall effect is worthwhile and a treat to the eye as it was filmed in many of the actual locales. One of the better TV versions of the Emperor's epic life.

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Donald H.

Impressive in the depth of this six-hour program and its attention to historical accuracy

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016

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A six-hour reenactment of Napoleon's life beginning in Paris in 1795 with John Malkovich portraying Talleyrand, his foreign minister and advisor. After the attempted assassination on Napoleon, the minister of police and others believed, based on flimsy evidence, that royalist duke d'Enghien was responsible, and he was executed. Josephine and his mother, Letizia, thought he was innocent and that Napoleon should have pardoned him. The surrender of French General Pierre Dupont and the defeat at the battle of Bailen, Spain, was followed by the Spanish people striking out at the French Army in Madrid on May 2, 1808. By sunset, 150 French soldiers were killed. This led to a brutal, savage war with atrocities committed on both sides, a type of guerrilla warfare. Napoleon went to Madrid in December 1808 to regain control. When no one heard from him for three days, they feared the worst. This scare and the assassination attempt prompted Talleyrand to urge Napoleon to produce an heir (son) or the overthrow of his monarchy was possible. This would guarantee the stability and continuity of his administration and government. Because Josephine was too old to conceive an heir, Talleyrand tried to drive a wedge between her and Napoleon. Talleyrand suggested to Napoleon that he consider Marie Louise, Archduchess of Austria, as a future wife. Napoleon was interested in Countess Marie Walewska of Poland for a time. She was devoutly religious and married with a 2-year-old son. She offered to sacrifice her principles, subordinate her dignity, and make herself available to satisfy Napoleon's carnal desires to curry his favor. She hoped that Emperor Napoleon had the power to wrest freedom and independence for Poland away from her enemies - Prussia, Austria, and Russia. Prior to going to Spain in 1808, Napoleon had defeated the Russians in the battle at Friedland. He convinced Russian Czar (Tsar) Alexander to sign the Treaty of Tilsit on a floating raft on the Nieman River in July 1807. The Czar joined the alliance forbidding European nations from trading with the British. The "Continental System" barred British ships from all ports under French rule and also barred neutral nations from carrying British goods to the continent. The Continental System not only ruined the British economy but all its European neighbors including Russia. The Russian Czar soon recanted the continental blockade against England. Further negotiations became futile when Napoleon demanded a sovereign and independent Poland. The Czar would not permit this. He viewed Poland on his border as a threat. Nor would he agree to constraining the Prussians and Austrians from acquiring weapons. So Napoleon in a strategic move married the Archduchess of Austria to ally France with Austria. Christian Clavier was superb in the role of Napoleon, and so was the acting of John Malkovich, Isabella Rossellini (Josephine), and Gerard Depardieu (Fouche - Minister of Police). The 94-minute "Napoleon and Wellington" documentary from Bonus disc III compares the lives of these two extraordinary military commanders born months apart in 1769. Extensive details and insights are presented about these two leaders, Wellington of Britain and Napoleon of France, whose careers culminated in the battle of Waterloo, Belgium. This battle is examined here in great depth. The only downside is the actors speak with a pronounced accent, so you have to listen closely to understand every word.

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An Old Tale with a Twist...

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2012

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Napoleon (TV Miniseries) (3-Disc Collector's Edition)
This miniseries has a strong French flavour and point of view. The casting, much of it decided by Depardieu who even had his own son play one of Napoleon soldiers, is exceptional: Isabella Rosellini as Josephine; Gerard Depardieu as Fouche; John Malkovitch as Talleyrand; all deliver astounding performances in amazing settings. My only comment is that Christian Clavier, the actor selected to play Napoleon, is too calm and collected and fails to depict Napoleon as a mass of boundless energy and motion, the true ectomorph that was Napoleon. But he still delivers a very creditable, intense performance. A good balance of Napoleon's personal and military life nicely intertwined: the story of a brilliant military hero at the mercy of his love for Josephine--initially an attraction for her many high placed social contacts and her womanly charms--as well as his very demanding, power hungry, large immediate family. A very well done series that attempts and delivers a lot. Well worth watching more than once.

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john kwasny

Glad I bought it!

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2013

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I did not know what to expect when ordering this miniseries. I had not seen it on television, but hoped for the best. I ended up loving it! Clavier is perfect as Napoleon. As you watch the years roll by, you begin to think of him as the Emperor. All of the supporting actors/ actresses help round out this epic story. My only complaint (though a minor one), is that the battles were not as in-depth as I would have wished. I used this miniseries to help "bring alive" the Corsican and his life for a class of high school seniors (the class was entitled, "Napoleon"). The students enjoyed this and said that they got a lot from the series. They enjoyed Murat's uniforms and the Emperor's "sang-froid;" Clavier brought the man to life.

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... ¡ A BIT TOUGH TO FOLLOW ! ... for spanish speaking

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2010

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.... a gorgeous production ... that immerses ... history learners ...into this man's life .... full of architectural details as well as costume design ... in good honor of historic/period productions ...
...the only mislead of this
DVD ...IS IT'S LACK OF SUBTITLES ..... OR ...CLOSED CAPTION.....TEXTS ..... for us peole who's first language isn't english ... can't accomplish completely the whole scope of the arguments .... I thought CC .... WAS AN OBLIGATORY ....device .
.... there are a lot of HISTORY interested viewers ...that prefer ...cinematographic media ..as oppose to long reading texts .... that NEED .... PRODUCTIONS WITH OBLIGATORY TEXTS ...either ...CLOSED CAPTIONES or SUBTITLES in ENGLISH

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Anna Z.

Non ci sono sottotitoli in francese né in altre lingue

Reviewed in Italy on September 26, 2023

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Mi è piaciuto il tentativo di dare un ritratto anche 'privato' di Napoleone.
Non mi è piaciuto che non ci fossero sottotitoli, né in francese né in altre lingue.

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Nicholas Casley

Such a Life Demands Widescreen

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2012

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This is a review of the six-hour version, which (with its extras) comes on three discs and appears on a 4:3 projection, i.e. not widescreen. I understand that there is a widescreen version available on DVD but it does not come with the extras. I deal with these extras at the end of this review.

The series opens with Napoleon at St Helena reminiscing about his past, before we are quickly taken back to Paris in the year 1795 (i.e. Post-Toulon) and his firing on the Royalists in the Rue St Honore (the "whiff of grapeshot"), so he is already twenty-six years old. We then follow his career until his death on St Helena. It is only at the end that we are introduced to flashbacks of his youth. This unfortunately does not work and only appears as a clumsy way of bringing in these details in the final edit.

This is a Franco-Canadian-British made-for-TV series with very high production values. Indeed, Wikipedia says it was the most expensive European TV production. I am loath to be too critical about the series, which comes in four ninety-minute episodes, given the huge organisation that would be involved in filming. But I list my criticisms below, but follow this up with some positive things to say too.

1. Despite a good opening theme, I found the music to be too intrusive, when the words or actions should speak for themselves, or even allow for differing interpretations.

2. Everything is so clean. Not just the streets, and the clothing, and the teeth, but the actions too can sometimes be too clean-cut.

3. The screenplay is often full of conscious exposition as well as cliché: thus Napoleon on his weeding day - "Tonight I have a woman to love; tomorrow I must take Italy back from Austria."

4. The battle scenes employ countless extras, but not so countless as to show manpower deficiencies. (Compare Bondarchuk's `War and Peace' and `Waterloo', but then he had the masses of the Red Army to use as extras.)

I found Christian Clavier to be quite a persuasive Napoleon. He plays him as a determined and stubborn man, a man with few doubts. Clavier has to carry a lot, as the basis for the series is Max Gallo's book that placed Napoleon as the `first-person singular' of the narrative. Thus, there is barely a scene without him in it and no scene where his spirit is not present. This also means no Nelson or Wellington, but in compensation we have cameos of Sieyes and Roger Ducos, Isabey and David, even Percier and Fontaine.

The series was filmed at many of the original places, such as St Helena and Malmaison. Of course neither St Cloud nor the Tuileries now exist, but fine alternatives have been found. But Egypt was shot in Morocco, and the Russian retreat was shot in Canada. These do not matter, for sand is sand and snow is snow the world over (more or less). However, my main gripe about the locations is that all the rural shots look the same, whether it is supposed to be Spain or Poland.

Some actors do well - the four main players, in particular - but others are quite wooden. The worst offender is Claudio Amendola as Murat. We should be thankful that it was not tempted to focus purely on the set-piece battles (but note that there is not even a mention of Leipzig as he fell back on France). Thus we see much of Napoleon's private life and family, as well as events such as the kidnapping as the Duc d'Enghien. We do not, however, see much of Napoleon the strategist, for at times it appeared as if he engaged troops at his whim. Historically, the series is accurate enough to suggest only a small number of minor historical errors on Wikipedia.

So, what about the extras? These are four in number. First, there is a twenty-minute `making of'; secondly there is a forty-five minute 1997 American documentary called `Napoleon Bonaparte: The Glory of France'. This makes good and extensive use of contemporary paintings and other illustrations, as well as filming places that feature in his biography. It is a straightforward narrative of his life, not his battles (except for Waterloo). Thirdly, we have a ninety-minute documentary entitled `Napoleon and Wellington' by the same American team and of the same date. It is as detailed as ninety minutes will allow, but does not seem to come with any specific additional filming. The first hour looks at their respective lives up to Napoleon's return from Elba before we then revisit the Battle of Waterloo (with its `Belgian' troops; they were Dutch troops, for Belgium was not created until 1830!). Finally, we have cast (text) biographies of Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, Isabella Rossellini and John Malkovich.

To the question as to whether I would forego these extras for the widescreen version of the DVD, my answer is that I do not think these additional films are that special and I think such a life demands it be shown in widescreen.

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Cath

Napoléon, le film Impérial

Reviewed in France on September 1, 2012

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Le roman de la vie de Napoléon est une gageure d'adaptation cinématographique. Comment représenter une vie "bigger than life" sur l'écran, qui n'est que le pâle reflet de la réalité? Et surtout comment éviter les écueils du biopic (mauvais sosies, décors de carton pâte, jeu emprunté et clichés) pour un thème aussi connu de notre Histoire nationale ?
Au générique, le fait de voir le nom de Max Gallo rassure : l'équilibre romance/histoire est d'avance respecté, le cadre est donné. A déplorer toutefois: les ellipses très nombreuses ; ainsi, il manque des batailles (Pyramides et Trafalgar par exemple)ou elles ne sont pas assez dépeintes (cf. le Pont d'Arcole). On ne voit pas la confrontation Bonaparte/Louise de Prusse suite à la campagne d'Italie. De même, la relation de Bonaparte avec les autorités ottomanes en Egypte n'est pas à l'écran, ni le passage meurtrier en Syrie (représenté par Antoine-Jean Gros dans "Les pestiférés de Jaffa", peinture représentative de la propagande napoléonienne). Le maréchal Kléber, et le général Menou (symbole de la fraternisation franco-arabe dans cet essai de colonisation) n'apparaissent pas dans le passage d'Egypte, qui dure tout au plus cinq-dix minutes à l'écran.

Malgré ces points, le film, découpé en 4 épisodes de quatre heures, est passionnant et éblouit par la beauté de ses images, sa photographie et ses décors (régal de style Empire). Le son est parfaitement rendu, on se croirait au coeur des batailles, avec le général/l'empereur.

Côté casting, on retrouve un éventail de prestations d'acteurs talentueux, tous habités par leur personnage, mais sans effet "Musée Grévin". Malkovich/Talleyrand est un mixte entre l'inspecteur Javert, sournois et obstiné, et le raffiné manipulateur Valmont, deux personnages qu'il interpréta avec talent. Isabella Rosselini/Joséphine est parfaite, belle et talentueuse. L'alchimie entre elle et Clavier/Napoléon se ressent particulièrement bien à l'écran. Anouk Aimée en Letizia est la mamma corse vêtue de noir, avide de pouvoir autant pour son fils que pour elle-même, rappelant Catherine de Médicis. Depardieu père, hélas, n'est pas aussi méchant qu'il voudrait le paraitre en Fouché...il se rattrapera dans "Les Misérables" où il aura le beau rôle.

Enfin, le meilleur, si je puis dire, est Christian Clavier : le nom en soi était synonyme d'appréhension pour tout fan de l'empereur. Que ceux-ci se rassurent. Il est plus que crédible dans le rôle de Napoléon, tour à tour brillant chef de guerre (l'Armée c'était lui), amoureux transi (les femmes le lui rendaient bien), ou politicien habile et autoritaire (il trafique les chiffres du référendum le désignant chef suprême, pour l'apparence uniquement - ce procédé eut une sinistre postérité).

Les derniers instants à l'île de Sainte-Hélène sont rendus avec une profonde mélancolie. Napoléon, abandonné de tous, rongé par le cancer et traqué par le gouverneur Lowe se remémore ses moments de jeunesse à l'école militaire de Brienne, où s'esquissait déjà son ambitieux destin.

Le générique clôt un final somptueux, sur un plan de l'Eglise du Dôme des Invalides, grandiose lieu de mémoire français où repose désormais l'empereur.

Pour conclure :

Pour le plaisir, la réplique de Napoléon à Talleyrand lorsqu'il s'aperçoit de sa duplicité (abrégée dans le film):
"Vous mériteriez que je vous brisasse comme un verre, j'en ai le pouvoir mais je vous méprise trop pour en prendre la peine. Pourquoi ne vous ai-je pas fait pendre aux grilles du Carrousel ? Mais il en est bien temps encore. Tenez, vous êtes de la merde dans un bas de soie !"

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stephgil

Napoléon pour toujours

Reviewed in France on September 1, 2023

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Belle cinématographie française où Christian Clavier est tout à fait réaliste dans le rôle de Napoléon. Il prouve qu’il peut ne pas être uniquement un comique et cette série de films se regarde avec plaisir.
Et quelques années après elle n’a pas vieilli.

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alainbasc

Flamboyant

Reviewed in France on June 18, 2023

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Christian Clavier réalise une remarquable interprétation du personnage, ainsi que Gérard Depardieu, John Malkovich et autres. L'histoire est respectée dans ses grandes lignes; même si à Laffrey ce n'est point Ney qui rencontre Napoléon mais le général La Bédoyère, il rencontrera Ney à Grenoble; ce n'est qu'un détail.
Les décors, les figurants, les scènes de foule et de bataille sont exceptionnels.
C'est une des meilleures réalisations au sujet de cette période.
A posséder dans sa vidéothèque sans regrets.