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Director: Abel Gance
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From Time Out Film Guide
Silent-cinema genius he may well have been, but by this time in his career Abel Gance was creatively a shadow of his former self. It was a bold idea of the Salkinds to hire him for this chronicle of Bonaparte's famous victory over the Austro-Prussian army, but the result, for all its lavish scale and roster of stars, is a turgid bore. The original cut ran 166 minutes.Author: TJ
Cast & crew
Director: Abel Gance
Producer: Alexander Salkind, Michael Salkind
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Martine Carol, Leslie Caron, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Marais, Pierre Mondy, Jean Mercure, Jack Palance, Orson Welles, Georges Marchal, Jean-Marc Bory, Leslie Caron, Rossano Brazzi, Jean-Louis Trintignant full cast
Genre(s): War
Duration: 123 mins
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