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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.

Top Cast

  • Tristan Delus

    Tristan Delus

    Napoleon Bonaparte

  • Denis Podalydès

    Denis Podalydès

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Patrice Gueniffey

    Patrice Gueniffey

    Self - Historian

  • Jacques-Olivier Boudon

    Jacques-Olivier Boudon

    Self - Historian

  • Thierry Lenz

    Thierry Lenz

    Self - Historian

  • Pierre Branda

    Pierre Branda

    Self - Historian

  • Charles-Éloi Vial

    Charles-Éloi Vial

    Self - Historian

  • Jean-Marie Rouart

    Jean-Marie Rouart

    Self - Writer

  • François Houdececk

    François Houdececk

    Self - Historian

Overview

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.

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