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Réalisateur:
Abel Gance
Writers:
Abel Gance (dialogue)
Abel Gance (screenplay)
Release Date:
9 mai 1935 (France) suite
Plot:
A re-edited version of Abel Gance's silent masterpiece 'Napoleon (1927 )' , with sound effects added... suite | add synopsis
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Autre(s) titre(s):
Napoléon
Napoléon Bonaparte, vu et entendu par Abel Gance (France) (short title)
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Durée:
140 min | Finland:60 min
Pays:
France
Langue:
Français
Couleur:
Noir et Blanc
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 suite
Son:
Mono | Stereo (original presentation)
Classification:
France:U

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Anecdotes:
Although the soundtrack to this 1934 release is sometimes called stereophonic, Daniel J. Sherlock writes, "The use by Abel Gance of 'stereophonic' sound in the 1930s was actually a process where notches in the film would trigger a sequencer that would turn on and off various surround speakers for enhanced dramatic effects. All speakers were driven by the same monophonic soundtrack." suite
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Edited into Bonaparte et la révolution (1971) suite

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Great film given voices, 24 November 2006
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Author: donelan-1 de United States

Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon, was made in 1927 - towards the end of the silent film era. It is over five hours long, and some sections require three synchronized projectors and three screens for theatrical presentation. I saw it many years ago in the last San Francisco theater equipped to show it as intended, with Paul Honegger's original score played on a giant theater organ which could simulate the sounds of an entire orchestra (including drums). The only videotape edition (which I have), released by Coppola in 1989 with a score by his father, is long out of print, and a DVD issue is reportedly prevented by legal complications. But Gance's 1934 re-edit would make a perfect DVD. It would easily fit on one disk, is designed for a single screen, and has voices dubbed in by the original actors. The lip synch is perfect, because Gance made the actors in the silent version speak their lines (perhaps anticipating the advent of sound). While we can hope that the 1927 version eventually makes it to DVD, the 1934 film stands on its own as one of the greatest historical films ever made.

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