Napoleon: Destiny and Death

Napoleon: Destiny and Death

88 mins | Documentary, Animation, History, TV Movie | April 24, 2021

May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.

Napoleon: Destiny and Death

88 mins | Documentary, Animation, History, TV Movie | April 24, 2021

Napoleon: Destiny and Death
May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.
Producers ARTE, RTBF, TV5 Monde, Miyu Productions, Tournez S'il Vous Plait
Original title Napoléon : la destinée et la mort
Directors Justine Martin-Chauffier, Mathieu Schwartz, Antoine Besse
Writers Mathieu Schwartz

Cast

Tristan Delus

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Denis Podalydès

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Patrice Gueniffey

as Self - Historian

Jacques-Olivier Boudon

as Self - Historian

Thierry Lenz

as Self - Historian

Pierre Branda

as Self - Historian

Charles-Éloi Vial

as Self - Historian

Jean-Marie Rouart

as Self - Writer

François Houdececk

as Self - Historian

Chantal Prévot

as Self - Historian

Émilie Robbe

as Self - Historian