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Restoration done by BFI National Archive

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Kevin Brownlow started the reconstruction of Napoleon by Abel Gance in 1969

which later became a collaboration with the BFI National Archive.

In 2000 it was produced this full version,

fully using the extra of the sequences discovered until then.

This new digital restoration it was made after the negative from 2000.

It was completely redone In the original shades and tones.

Using advanced restoration tools, the image has been stabilized�,

deterioration and degradation were substantially repaired,

Wide range of fonts were carefully integrated.

Film restored in association with French Cinematheque, CNC

�and the world film archives.

Restoration of the film (2000), was supported by Eric Anker-Petersen Charity.

Digital restoration done at Dragon Digital.

Music composed, arranged and directed by Carl Davis.

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NAPOLEON

Translation and Adaptation: RRZXXX

Albert Dieudonne b Napoleon Bonaparte's role

I want to be my posterity,

to witness what it does to me to think, to try and say.�

Napoleon

All events and quotes taken directly from history

are followed by the note: �Historical�.

during the memorable winter of 1783

when the snow piled up In the courtyard of Brienne College...

Ten against forty.

Minimi parents encourage these battles

and reward those students,

who stand out for their ability or by inventing new strategies.

Their curiosity today was too great...

The leaders of the college, Philippeaux and Peccaduc,

they were personal enemies of Napoleon at Brienne.

Coincidentally, we will find it allies against him

In many of the empire's battles.

"I hope to surprise Napoleon..."

Tristan Fleuri, the chef's boy.

"Take care, Napoleon..!"

"Ph�lipeaux, put stones in his snowballs!"

"Thank you!"

It shows an unexpected authority, gave orders,

remaining still, in the middle of the fight.

"The winner takes a step forward!�

"What's your name?"

"Napoleon"

(With a Corsican accent, pronounced Nap-oli�oni.)

"What you said ?

Paille-au-nez... Straw in the nose?"

My boy, you will go far.

He remembers that Pichegru said that

Geography lesson: study on the climate of the islands.

"As for Corsica, that semi-civilized island..."

Corsica, the most beautiful island in the world

"Oh! I forgot.

A small rock lost in the ocean..."

Both teachers and students I feel the same antipathy

for this proud and impetuous boy,

who lives in a wild semi-isolation.

I am very unhappy here

my heart is not made for the people around me

I try to be patient

because I want one day to restore the freedom of my country.

The fate of an empire depends sometimes by one man.

Napoleon is hiding something letters in his bed, sir

Bonaparte's only consolation, in Tristan Fleuri's attic.

A proud companion in suffering,

a gift from his uncle Paravicini,

the great eagle hunter of Ajaccio.

"Who freed my eagle?"

"Then you are all guilty!�

"Who do you think You Are ?"

"A man!"

"I think he will go far.

It is made of granite melted in a volcano

Napoleon and the French Revolution

Nine years later, in the Club Revolutionary of the Cordilleras.

DEATH TO TYRANTS

Camille Desmoulins, the secretary of Danton and his wife Lucile.

The three gods...

"Empty words!"

"Your friend Dietrich sent a captain of the army of the Rhine,

with a song called "La Marseillaise".

"Copies can be distributed to people While waiting for the meeting to begin?"

"Listen!"

The crowd lit up like a flame

which will change the history of the world.

"What's your name?"

"Rouget de Lisle."

"Good people, sit down!�

"Let's teach him, kids."

"Rag like the donkeys out there.."

"Thank you on behalf of France, sir.

Your hymn will save many weapons.�

Thank you, Lieutenant.

tell me your name so that I can remember your prophecy.�

"Napoleon Bonaparte." (Albert Dieudonne)

in a poor house

Missing scenes�:

Napoleon lives in Paris together with the Corsicans Pozzo di Borgo and Salicetti,

who despise him.

Bonaparte is so poor...

that he made a pair of boots using cardboard.

The rich waste their time, including Josephine de Beauharnais,

who was looking for him that morning on the famous soothsayer Lenormant.

"An incredible fortune... You will become a QUEEN, lady!

The night of August 10 began suddenly,

bringing them to Bonaparte the echo of the falling throne...

Fragments of a great event, seen from a small room.

Counting on carnage makes no sense.

If we are not attentive, the best fruits of the Revolution will be lost.

in the National Assembly, the agony of the Monarchy.

"If the Revolution is an oven, it is a force��. Let's found the Republic now!

How stupid people are!

People don't deserve such problems.

Everyone thinks of their own interest,

commit atrocities on the way to success.

Declaration of rights man and citizen.

"This is what you have done today with the Monarchy.�

Little by little, while the monarchy is crumbling,

Napoleon had a vague sense of a source of light that grew in him.

Bonaparte, who never returned in Corsica for many years,

arrives in Ajaccio with his sister Elisa In an attempt to awaken patriotism.

Elisa Bonaparte (Yvette Dieudonne)

"Mother Letizia!"

Best friend of the Bonaparte family, the shepherd Santo-Ricci. (Henri Baudin)

"Hello, dear!!"

"This is not the time to laugh, Napoleon.."

"You have to find out, the horrible truth.�

Paoli, our old and great

Paoli, the revered father of us all,

He wants to sell the island to us, the English.

As long as I'm alive, Corsica will never be English.�

All the scenes from Corsica were filmed in the places,

where the events took place. Author's note.

House of Bonaparte

Napoleon was born in the house this on August 15, 1769

his country

Napoleon went to the rock of Cassone,

the place of his childhood dreams,

to reflect on the fate of his island.

His family.

The Bonaparte family suffered because of it the fierce jealousy of Pozzo di Borgo,

now prosecutor in Corsica and Paoli's secretary.

Napoleon, as a representative official of France,

he was kept away by the likes of Paoli who were in favor of English rule.

Pozzo's hatred found fertile ground.

"Death to Napoleon Bonaparte!"

Ignoring his family's advice, to run away from people's hatred,

Napoleon went every day to the promontory of the Les Sanguinaires desert

to discuss the future with his friend, the Ocean.

Paoli

"Through his secret correspondence with the Convention,

Napoleon is now the most serious obstacle for our alliance with England.

In the name of Corsica, give me his life!�

At Moara Regelui, where politics reigns.

ORDER to the civil and military authorities Find and arrest Napoleon Bonaparte,

Traitor to his country. The sum of 500 pounds will be paid

to whomever he brings dead or alive.

For the Council of Corsica. Paoli

Napoleon's brothers, Luciano and Giuseppe, go disguised to Calvi,

to seek help from the French authorities.

"What will you do ?"

"I will act, mother!�

From this moment until upon his return to France,

the life of this young officer becomes the most incredible adventure.

"Our homeland is, Spain with Buttafuoco!

Death to Napoleon Bonaparte!"

No, it is our homeland Italy, with the Duke of Savoy!

Death to Napoleon Bonaparte!"

No, it is our homeland England with Paoli! "

Death to Napoleon Bonaparte!"

"No... Our homeland is France..."

"With me !"

If you could understand his dream that I set my soul on fire, you would all follow me!

You don't understand that France is it our mother, everyone's?

�Believe me... A man will come who will bring together the hopes of the nation and then...

�We are at war with France!�

I take it. It's too big for you!"

The announcement of the declaration of war;

related to the flight of Bonaparte,

sent the spirits into a frenzy.

The sea... the last refuge of exile.

Without sails... without oars!

I will bring him back!

Thus, on May 26, 1793, after an epic chase,

Napoleon left in Ucciani's boat.

The lawless.

The bush always protects them the wicked.

The storm rises on the horizon.

For fear of the storm, Napoleon Try to stay close to the shore.

Pulled at breakneck speed to the open sea

Napoleon is about to begin an epic battle with Fate.

in the same night, at the same time,

another strong storm shook the Convention.

"My conclusion? A public accusation �against all the Girondins!�

The assembly was stunned.

All the giants of the Revolution they were swept one after another,

In the violent whirlwind of the Reign of Terror.

A man, the rebellious friend of the ocean, with his tricolor in the wind of the Revolution,

was transported in triumph at the peak of history.

At dawn, the providence of history:

Bonaparte's brothers, return from Calvi.

"Our family! Quick... at the beach in Aspreto!"

A few hours later.

"Unfortunately, my children, our poor house,

It was robbed on Paoli's order...

and now we are obliged let's run away from our beloved homeland.�

"Now all the Bonapartes have only one". homeland, only one..."

"FRAN�A!"

Captain, let me dive that suspicious looking ship...�

"No, Nelson..."

Don't waste the powder, on such an insignificant target.�

Caesar and his fate.

A future king, three kings and a queen

on several square meters between the sky and the sea.

PAUSE

PART TWO

In Paris, one of the three gods

was about to be swept away by the revolutionary hurricane...

Charlotte Corday, a fanatic admirer of the Girondins,

had dreamed after their fall

to avenge them with help to Marat the bloodthirsty.

A young woman from Caen insists on seeing you.

He says he has serious accusations to make.

He would not receive it if he were in your place.�

I brought him a list of suspects.

But I cannot speak in front of the witnesses

"Leave me alone... pull the curtain!"

SIEGE OF TOULON

In September 1793, the port of Toulon,

where there were 20,000 soldiers English, Italian and Spanish,

was put under siege by a French army

under the command of General Carteaux.

Carteaux painter, general commander of the besieging army,

he was proud of his shining wealth.

Tristan Fleuri, ex cook boy from Brienne,

he had become an innkeeper at Toulon.

Salicetti. Corsican Deputy of the Convention,

had been appointed commissioner of the Army of Toulon.

"To the health of General Carteaux,

the future winner of Toulon.�

A young artillery captain he had just arrived at Toulon.

The armies of the Republic were in one a state that defies imagination.

Tristan Fleuri's daughter, Violine.

What did you come here for, young man?

as second in command of the siege artillery, sir.

"Artillery?"

Why? I do not need !

We will take Toulon with sword and bayonet!

If you were in my place, my boy, what would you do?"

Once I conquer Fort l'Aiguillette, the British will abandon the city.�

Captain Tunar, you see that you are not good at geography.�

Remember this, young man: first, the artillery is useless, the second..."

Secondly, it is more unpleasant.

"This time I will not hesitate; I will remember Brienne College

"Captain, I was..."

Bread, olives and peace!

Carteaux, recognized as incompetent, he was replaced by General Dugommier.

Training men and horses, Napoleon showed incredible zeal.

General Dugommier, no it took a long time to realize

the exceptional qualities of to the young artillery captain.

Inspection.

"Too short !"

Toulon was considered one of the most impregnable fortresses of the world.

"Mr. General, the fire of the ``Little''. Gibraltar makes the bastion unassailable.

I ordered to change the guns."

The English fortress ``Little Gibraltar''.

replace that cannon.

Impossible, captain!

�Impossible does not exist� in French�.

Take care of your affairs as a deputy let me take care of my gunners.

That battery remains here or out!"

Some heads fell for less insolent answers!�

"Good! I won't need sand now!"

Friend Junot, I like you!

Battery of people without fear.

"Captain Bonaparte, I call you Supreme Commander of the Artillery.�

"To capture Toulon, I will walk on his hand.�

Having free way, Bonaparte immediately goes on the offensive.

Success after success, to reach the Great Tower,

where the garrison was isolated.

On December 11, 1793, at the State Major of the French general

had a crucial war council.

"Or I'm in charge, or I just say nothing."

The enemy's war council it was a real tower of Babel.

English Admiral Hood.

"We are the masters of the sea.

The French fleet is a prisoner in the port.

Our forts are impregnable.

I'm not worried."

"Toulon has only one weakness... Aiguillette peninsula.

If we conquer it, the city is ours.�

�We will take it by storm the time at midnight.�

Who is in charge here? It's a betrayal!

Italians talk with their hands! Translate, I don't understand anything!

You don't understand war! Who is in charge here?

"Order, calm, silence".

Preparations for battle.

"Be patient! It's only 7 o'clock.

We will surprise the enemy tomorrow morning�� at 5.�

"You can't smoke, but you can sit down.�

"How old was the little one artilleryman Viala when did he die?�

"Thirteen."

"What luck! That's what it means." that I still have six years to live.�

We will fight, therefore. You have my permission to sing.�

despite the instructions given by the commissars of the army,

Bonaparte gave the artillery the attack signal.

Now revealing a magnificent plan of attack,

threw away his companies Elaborate and Victor

against the defensive flanks by the armies of Sardinia and Spain...

... keeping the attack to himself on the English in the center.

Dugommier ignored it Napoleon's orders...

... and his wound, fortunately slight, it is the cause of the retreat of the French.

At this moment, the members of the Convention

I decide to call off the attack.

"Generals Houchard and Custine, there have just been guillotines in Paris

for less serious sins.

Bonaparte just committed the biggest mistake in history.

An attack on a night like this...

It was crazy not even his head can pay for all this!�

Order to Captain Bonaparte to cancel immediate attack (General Dugommier)

Order to Captain Bonaparte to cancel immediate attack (General Dugommier)

"Empty words!"

�Will you guarantee success?�

The general assumes responsibility

He decides to continue the attack

Never, Bonaparte, he did not show so much courage.

He is everywhere, he sees everything And he rises to the height of all.

The lightning from the sky and the lights cannons surround him.

He is in the middle of the fire in his element.

"Tomorrow, general, you will sleep in Toulon.�

"Point the cannons to the other side!

The British gunners were wounded of pieces from their weapons.

Of all those who defended the fortress��, none escaped unharmed.

The attack on Little Gibraltar.

"That's nothing! I've seen it all before to Brienne! Brave from top to bottom!

The English general, O'Hara ordered the retreat.

amid the cries of the wounded and the dying, shooting ends and hand-to-hand combat begins.

Swords are the only weapons left.

Bring me that young captain

who fought as a tiger for two� hours.�

"Your name ?"

"Desaix"

"Take out the English squadron...�

"... and burn the French fleet.

The French troops, after 76 hours of fight in mud and storm,

enters the mastery of the last one English forts.

"The drums? Where are the drummers from Sesto?

"Drums? Present!"

fall under fire,

the drummers from Sesto were Replaced by an unexpected phenomenon...

... hail.

I believe that man It will save France!�

After the victory.

On the heights of Aiguilleta conquered on December 18, 1793.

What is the captain's name?

At dawn, the Commissars of the Army

who had come to bring him the degree of brigadier general, as an excuse,

they found him asleep, with his head on a drum.

"This is the conqueror of Toulon.

The end of the first era.

NAPOLEON Seen by Abel Gance

The second era

TERROR

in Salicetti's house,

whose hate for his compatriot Bonaparte

it was equal to that of Pozzo di Borgo.

"You want to accuse Napoleon of espionage?

Very well, I will fabricate evidence.�

Salicetti goes to Robespierre

to ask him to send it Bonaparte on trial.

"General Bonaparte was offered command of the garrison in Paris,

instead of Henriot

He is an energetic man, this Bonaparte,

exactly what we lack in Paris.�

If he refuses, then I will hand him over

MARCH 1794

Robespierre, at the height of his power after the execution of the Hebertites,

took control of the revolutionary government.

It was supported by Saint-Just and Couthon.

The most feared figure of Terror: Saint-Just.

"de Montfort?"

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST DE MONTFORT PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

"Lucile Desmoulins?"

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST LUCILLA DESMOULINS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

TO DEATH

Saint-Just, Couthon were some of the members

the most influential ai Public Health Committee.

By order of Robespierre, Danton he was arrested and sentenced to death

for conspiracy against the Republic.

"Clemen�� for Danton!"

"Look Robespierre! The guillotine is calling you!

You are next !"

"Don't forget to show my head to the people. It's worth it. "

"Bonaparte refused the order the Paris garrison.

He doesn't want to support a man like you.�

PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

The representatives of the people, I think General Bonaparte

He lost his confidence, through his suspicious behavior.

Suspend him and put him under arrest. Robespierre.

"I denounce Viscountess Josephine de Beauharnais to the Committee of Public Health.

She would like to seduce the most virtuous.�

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE GENERAL NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS

Through this twist of fate,

Napoleon and Josephine met right on the verge of death.

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ANDRE CHENIER PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

�Poems are worth nothing... until death!�

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ANDRE CHENIER PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

TO DEATH

Fort Carre prison in Antibes.

Robespierre's aim was to bring Bonaparte to the guillotine.

Josephine was brutally separated by her daughters, Eugene and Hortense,

And he was imprisoned in Carmes.

Josephine de Beauharnais.

"Who are you, sir?

"General Hoche, ma'am."

Passing through Antibes, Salicetti he came to challenge Bonaparte.

"Are you preparing the defense?"

"No, I'm working on a route to east, across the Suez Canal.�

The list of convicts.

"Lucile Desmoulins."

"by Beauharnais!"

Viscount de Beauharnais,

divorced from Josephine two years ago,

had to pay the price of his noble birth.

What, there are two of you? Well, solve it between yourselves.

All I need is a head."

"For once, lady, give me priority."

"Say hello to our children from me, madam. "

"André Chenier."

THE GUILLOTINE ARCHIVE.

BEHEAD THEM... CONDEMN THEM AT JUDGMENT... THE INNOCENTS

Execute them without trial. Put them on your lists immediately.

I need 300 heads a day.�

France has never known such a fever!

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST JOSEPHINE DE BEAUHARNAIS PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

Fortunately, La Bussiere is vigilant…

this strange character which, for the good of humanity,

becomes a document devourer.�

La Bussiere was chewing on the file Josephine de Beauharnais

giving proof of devotion this extraordinary hero,

to whom she will owe her life.

You are lucky to be able to digest them. I just can't do that.�

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

"Eat that too."

ACCUSATIONS AGAINST NAPOLEON BONAPARTE PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE

11TH MONTH IN THE REPUBLICAN CALENDAR

"Death to Saint-Just!"

"Death to Robespierre!"

"Death to the two monsters!�

"For the last time, you will allow me to speak, president of the Assassins?�

Barras.

"I armed myself with a stabbing dagger the breast of this new Cromwell,

if the Convention lacks courage to impeach him!�

"Danton's blood chokes you!"

"You are stepping on the graves of the Girondins!"

"You bastards!

"Yes, we had to make victims,

but it is not the Revolution lit candles on the graves?

You forgot about it in time in which I created a Fran��

suitable for living in it? "

... that 12,000 decrees were passed, of which two thirds intended for human purposes ?�

"I got everything with the eagle, La Vendee,

on our side, and behind us that herd of tigers... the kings!�

"Now you can divide our limbs into four dawn. The Republic will be reborn from them.�

I despise the dust of which I am that I'm talking to you I surrender!�

"They are too big for us.

At the guillotine in the morning: Robespierre, Couthon, Saint-Just, Henriot

And all the slaves. Prepare the files.

"What a mess."

The news spread everywhere France with the Chappe telegraph.

Next year, in Paris:

despite his poverty, Napoleon refuses to command

the troops in the rebel province La Vendee,

offered to him by Aubry, Minister of War.

"It bothers him to go to war under my command �in La Vendee?�

"When there are 200 thousand foreigners within our borders,

I don't mind going war against the French

The National Convention

General Bonaparte must be removed from the list of commissary officers

because he refused the tasks, which were attributed to him.

Assigned to the Army Topographical Office,

Bonaparte brings it to Pontecoulant admirable plans for the Italian campaign.

"The plans of this one young people are extraordinary!�

To Citizen Scherer, commander of the Italian Army.

Examine the plans of this young general which deserves all your attention.

Army Headquarters from Italy was at that time in Nice.

General Scherer did not succeed to understand Bonaparte's plans.

These plans are the work of a madman!

Leave the one who made them to come to fulfill them.

Scherer. Commanding General Supreme of the Italian Army.

France, in agony, faces hunger.

There were unimaginable difficulties putting the people against the Republic.

"If the Revolution doesn't find them a leader in a week,

France is lost."

"We have to find a leader.

Why don't we consider him the bizarre young man... Bon... Bona... part?

"Not !"

"Very well, think about it...�

The first month of the Revolution calendar... (October 4, 1795)

"The royals passed the Pont Neuf

In an hour they will be at the gates of the Convention!

"I need a general immediately to put down this royalist revolt.

I propose the conqueror of Toulon, Bonaparte.�

"Does anyone know where you live?"

Generals available...

... Bonaparte: 1, Rue du Mail.

Barras was relieved as a man of this quality was at his disposal.

I accept. I have no sympathy for those who serve,

but when the territory is threatened,

the first duty is to unite myself with those who have the reins of government.

"I'm warning you, Barras. At once my sword leaves its scabbard,

I won't put it back until what state was not restored.�

Napoleon brought 800 puppies in the Chamber of the Convention

to amuse the members of the Convention as a reserve detachment.

This measure caused panic And the danger was felt in the end.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS TO MAN AND CITIZENS

"Get busy, gentlemen."

"Lay down your weapons."

"We only have 5,000 people at our disposition against 40,000.

All 40 of our guns are arranged against the rebels from Sablons.

"Now... shoot him!"

"You are free."

"I like you.

"He takes command of 300 men on horseback and you will bring me the 40 cannons from Sablons

who will have to be in Paris at one o'clock in the morning��.�

"Your name?"

"Pickle, General!"

The genius of Napoleon during the counter-revolution

serves for defensive measures

which limited advancement

In some insignificant fights.

A few moments later, the crowd masks Salicetti,

disguised as a husk, which is ready to escape.

"Free these two men. They are free.

I can forgive easily, but I cannot forget.�

The vast majority of Parisians he remained totally unconscious of this event.

"What's that noise, Monsieur Fouche?"

"It is Bonaparte who goes down in history, madam.�

This unexpected luck, he is 26 years old,

Lately in disgrace, one among the most important people in France.

"I propose the savior of the Convention

to be named supreme general of the Internal Army�.

"Through my voice, The revolution thanks you.�

"As of this morning, I am the Revolution.

"What's going on?"

"I have two wounded here who don't know how General Bonaparte saved France!�

REACT

50 bottles of vin d'Ay. 60 Falernos. 80 of Muscat.

Cire�e under the spirit. Sugared almonds from apricots. Currant jelly.

Pate from Perigueux; of eels; FROM Amiens. Pie with fatty liver.

in this feverish reaction of life against death,

the longing for joy took over all over France.

644 dances took place within a few days

on the graves of the victims of terror.

To be admitted to the Victims' Ball, it was necessary to be closed,

or to be able to prove the death of someone father, brother or husband.

General Salvator.

Bonaparte's sudden fame was overshadowed by the charms of three famous women.

“Ms. Talien.”

"Ms. Recamier."

"Madame Josephine de Beauharnais."

"Here it was, Monsieur Bonaparte, I was called to the guillotine

"The three women who bewitched Paris.�

"It's really fascinating, this Bouna-parte (good part) "

"With idiots and slackers like you, France is heading towards the abyss

A game of �ah I had to attract

two strategists like Bonaparte and Hoche.

"Be careful, I will capture his queen.�

"I lost. You sure are a better general than me.�

"What weapons are you most afraid of, general?"

"Admirers, ma'am."

After ordering the confiscation all weapons of private citizens,

Napoleon receives an unexpected request.

"I ask permission, to my father's sword,

Alexandre de Beauharnais."

The next day, to thank the general...

"When you are silent, you are irresistible.�

After two hours.

Romeo.

Never the young actor, Talma, he never had such a demanding student.

"How much you love her!�

"Are you kissing Paris?"

"Paris? It's Josephine's mouth!"

Beautiful, slightly immoral, she was a woman casual and a talented musician.

My heart up-pi-na...

"Do you think it will make mom happy?"

He went to Hotel Chantereine every day.

The little white shadow of Violina is also coming.

Josephine, realizing that, Barras wants to get rid of her

agrees to marry Bonaparte,

provided they name him Commander of the Italian Army.

"Eugene, do you really think that, will mom get married? "

"So, do you like this Part-good�?�

"But what?"

"In love, my dear Josephine, it should not be seen more clearly than this!�

That evening.

"Supreme command of the army from Italy... they did it!"

These plans are the work of a madman! Let whoever wrote them execute them.

Scherer. General. Commander of the Italian Army

IN THE FINISH!

"I take my daughter to my service"

You can come and visit me without any worries. "

We must get married, madam. "

Quick... a notary, the announcement... the certificates!�

"I gave myself three months to conquer Italy.�

On March 9, 1796, at ten o'clock evening, Mr. Leclerc,

civil status officer in the 2nd constituency.

"Your wedding, sir?"

"Faster."

"Skip all that!"

"In the name of the law, you want to take it..."

"YES !"

"It scares me, your Bonaparte."

And Violine got married that night.

PAUSE�

FOURTH PART

Windy Night 21, Year 4...

... 48 hours after the wedding,

with 40 thousand francs to be The emperor and the army of Italy.

Napoleon did not want to leave Paris without regaining his strength

In the Convention which, although abandoned,

was still alive with echoes of the Revolution.

He mysteriously stopped them the trip in front of the Convention,

that force of the Revolution, to think about the future.

"Listen to us, Bonaparte! The revolution speaks.

"We know that the Revolution cannot prosper without a strong authority.

Do you want to be the leader?

"If the Revolution does not spread beyond our borders, it will die.

"Should I take it all over Europe?"

"YES."

"This is the word of Saint-Just!

"If you ever forget who you are the direct heir of the Revolution,

we will revolt with ferocity against you. Will you remember?

"What are your plans, Bonaparte?"

"Liberation of oppressed peoples,

the fusion of major European interests,

suppression of borders",

"and..."

"... UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC�!"

"Europe will become one people,

and whoever, wherever he goes,

it will always be in a common homeland

"To achieve this sacred goal, many wars are necessary,

but I proclaim here for posterity that one day

it will be done without weapons and without bayonets.�

Each moment pulls me away from you, my love,

And with every moment I find less and less force,

to bear this separation.

"PROVISIONS."

"DIRECTORATE."

"POWDER."

"FIELD HOSPITALS."

I send her a million kisses, but don't give me anything �back.

Because you make me boil the blood Bonaparte

Transport is not enough quickly according to his taste...

in Albenga, Cartierul General of the Italian Army.

They were present Locksmith, La Harpe, Victor,

Cervoni, Mouret, Doujard, Donmartin, Joubert

And, to master this group of illustrious men,

the great Massena and the invincible Augereau.

Imagine that this last income imposes itself on us,

this abusive general, Bonaparte!

On my word, I, Augereau, I refuse to obey.

I will tell him the truth to his face. You, Massena?"

"Let him come!"

The army in Italy, without food, no clothes and no discipline.

"Berthier, Chief of Staff

"Augereau, Massena, La Harpe, Serurier: the Italian campaign is about to begin.

Prepare your divisions!�

how? We have 35,000 soldiers in uniform in the flesh against 100,000 enemies,

30 guns against 200. And you want to go on the offensive?"

"You are a child, Massena."

"General inspection of the army in one hour.�

"Did you see this guy they sent us?

I'm not too keen to listen to him. And Massena ate him alive!

"Thank you, gentlemen.

Each of you will receive 4 Ludovici (ludovic - gold coin (n. Trad.)

to help you start the campaign.�

I apologize for the way we have behaved since he arrived.�

"Ask me what you want, sir, except for the weather.�

"With his penetrating gaze, this half cork scares me.�

My life is a nightmare without you.

A horrible presentiment it makes me unable to breathe.

I will not live much longer.

I lost more than life, more than happiness

more than silence.

I am almost hopeless. Please answer me.

First contact with the army in Italy.

"Attention!"

An hour later.

In a few hours, Bonaparte found one sudden, almost unique, excitement

growing around him. Miraculously, order was restored.

"Rest in place!"

That night, for the first time, The army sleeps confident.

On the morning of April 11, 1796, this ragged crowd woke up

with the spirit of the Great Army.

"Soldiers!"

"... you are stripped and malnourished...�

"... The government owes you a lot, but he can't give you anything...�

"... the patience and courage you show among these rocks are admirable,

but they will not give you glory...�

"I want to lead you on the fertile fields of the world..."

"... rich provinces and large cities they will be in your power..."

"... you will find honor, glory and riches..."

"Soldiers of Italy, you are missed courage or constancy�� ?�

Now, returning to Italy,

The tempter showed the land of the Promised Land to those who would lead there.

in front of me, 500 meters below,

vast and fertile plain of Piedmont,

with his rivers sparking like the golden swords. (Memoirs of Napoleon)

"Soldiers, I give you my word!"

Two hours later, through a a miracle of speed,

The Great Army was at sea.

Europe, stunned, saw as in a few days a star,

that will change the face of the world, he insisted.

Forty-eight hours later, at Montenotte,

Napoleon opened the door smiling the gates of Italy.

And through the open doors

the biggest spread human energy

that history has known

Hearing of this triumphant entry into Italy,

the excitement of Paris grew by leaps and bounds.

On April 16, 1796, Napoleon and all his army,

it was on the heights of Montezemolo, at an altitude of 2,700 meters.

His eagle eye pointed at the Italian sky

all his desires and all his victories.

while the Glory Seekers,

on an empty stomach, but with heads full of songs,

leave history for legend...

The soul of Napoleon, ascending in a fantastic dream

they play with the clouds for to destroy and build worlds.

In the sky, a strange conductor of the orchestra beats the rhythm of the army.

Abel Gance