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OriginalNapoléon is a 1927 French silent historical epic film directed by Abel Gance, starring Albert Dieudonné as Napoleon Bonaparte.
Reason
Napoléon (1927 film) is a WP:FILM/CORE article, and Napoléon entered the U.S. public domain last year. It's the best-known work by director Abel Gance, and probably of the French impressionist film movement.
Technical notes because this one was a doozy: The pillarboxing here is intentional, in the last 20 minutes there's a famous sequence where it becomes a widescreen Polyvision arrangement. The extreme length means we're approaching Wikipedia's technical limits, and only low-quality transcodes succeed so you have to select "Source" in the video player. I kept it as a single video since it wasn't released in parts and 2Mbps is still equivalent to a video2commons output. The alternative is a 4-video set of each act (higher bitrate, HD transcodes would complete, and no letterboxing on the first 3), would be great if reviewers indicated the format they'd prefer.
Articles in which this image appears
Napoléon (1927 film), Polyvision
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Film
Creator
Abel Gance (director)

Promoted File:Napoléon (1927).webm --Armbrust The Homunculus 03:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]