CinemaOSMovie · 1984 · 0h 59m

Abel Gance et son Napoléon

55%(4)IMDbDocumentary

This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoleon, the masterpiece of French director/writer/actor Abel Gance. Napoleon showcased Gance's talents with the camera, his use of multiple-images (like a split screen), and his handling of crowded action scenes -- all brought forward in this documentary by his later assistant, Nelly Kaplan. While Gance was shooting Napoleon in 1925-26, he and his crew were also being filmed for a documentary titled Autour de Napoleon. The only extant reels from that documentary are included in this film, as well as views of Gance's unique "triptychs" -- three different scenes lined up side-by-side across a super-wide screen to convey the effect of a panorama, or of three separate interludes. Nelly Kaplan put together this documentary using old footage, such as Gance filming the famous snowball fight at the Brienne military school and still photographs and excerpts from Gance's production diaries.

Directed byNelly Kaplan

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
FR
Released
March 26, 1984

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Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Abel Gance

Abel Gance

Self (archival footage)

Lupu Pick

Lupu Pick

Self (archival footage)

Creative team
Directed by
Nelly Kaplan
Nelly Kaplan

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