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Antoine De Caunes
Philippe Torreton
Richard E. Grant
Jay Rodan
Elsa Zylberstein
Roschdy Zem
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On October 17, 1815, at the age of 46, Napoleon Bonaparte set foot on St. Helena for the first time. It was on this windswept, overcast island fortress that he would fight his last battle and shape the image that he would leave for posterity. At Longwood, where Napoleon was kept under house arrest, "everything exudes deathly boredom," complained the former Emperor. "All we have too much of is time." Bonaparte's jailer and the island's governor, Sir Hudson Lowe, a stubborn and authoritarian figure, reinforced security to absurd levels. Of the 3,000 British soldiers on the island, 1,000 were posted in the fortifications surrounding Longwood House. A British liaison officer was billeted at Longwood, under orders to check on Napoleon's presence twice a day. At sea, 11 battleships guarded the island. Napoleon lived on St. Helena with the remnants of his general staff--Marshall Bertrand, Generals Montholon and Gourguad and their families--and of his household--his butler Cipriani, manservant Ali and several valets and grooms. Relations within this inner circle were driven by jealousy and bickering. At its center, Napoleon spent most of his time dictating his memoirs. Gradually, the number of those he could rely on dwindled. Cipriani died, Gorguad asked to leave, his mistress Albine de Montholon likewise, and O'Meara, his Irish physician, was dismissed by Sir Hudson Lowe. So it was that Napoleon died in 1821, after six years of lonely exile, with just Bertrand, Montholon and Ali at his bedside. He was buried on St. Helena under a bare tombstone after Lowe insisted on adding "Bonaparte" after "Napoleon."
Director
Antoine De Caunes
Cast
Philippe Torreton
Richard E. Grant
Jay Rodan
Elsa Zylberstein
Roschdy Zem
Bruno Putzulu
Stephane Freiss
Frtdtric Pierrot
Siobhßn Hewlett
Peter Sullivan
Igor Skreblin
Blanche De Saint Phalle
Matthew Roberts
Crew
Pierre Aim
Dominique Colladant
Patrick Durand
Stephan Eicher
Joelle Hersant
Pierre Kubel
Pierre Kubel
Sophie Landry
Dominique Levert
Didier Lozahic
Rene Manzor
Valerie Othnin-girard
Pascal Ralite
Teri-lin Robertson
Carine Sarfati
Marie-castille Schaar
Joelle Van Effenterre
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Released in United States Winter January 21, 2005
Released in United States March 11, 2005
Released in United States on Video June 28, 2005
CinemaScope
Released in United States Winter January 21, 2005
Released in United States March 11, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video June 28, 2005
