Napoleon (1927)
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797. epic, civil war, france, paris, france, italy, french revolution, biography, napoleon bonaparte, based on true story, guillotine, black and white, political campaign, silent film, 18th century, french government, la marseillaise, military school, war in europe, revolutionary war, monochrome, robespierre, reign of terror, national hero, french impressionism, republic, toulon, france, french history, 1790s, historical epic, history