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Napolean : [videorecording] Soldier, Emperor, Lover, Statesman. |
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Burbank, CA : David Grubin Productions, Inc. ; c2000 |
DESCRIPTION: |
2 video cassettes (4 hrs.) sd., col. |
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Written and directed by David Grubin; produced by David Grubin and Allyson Luchak; music by Michael Bacon; edited by Seth Bomse and Susan Fanshel; narrated by David McCullough. |
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For nearly two decades he strode the world stage like a colossus - loved and despised, venerated and feared. From his birth on the rugged island of Corsica to his final exile on the godforsaken island of St. Helena, Napoleon brings this extraordinary figure to life. Napoleon bears passionate witness to a man whose charisma swayed an empire and sparked his exalted belief in his own destiny. He is a figure riddled with contradictions that are the essence of his glory and undoing: his youthful enthusiasm for the ideals of the French Revolution did not prevent him from crowning himself Emperor. His passionate love of Josephine did not prevent him from divorcing her to marry the eighteen-year-old Archduchess of Austria. His military genius did not save him from the disastrous invasion of Russia. His love of France was so compromised by his notions of personal glory that he repeatedly plunged his beloved country into war. |
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VHS |
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English |
SUBJECT: |
Napolean |
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Historical |
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Grubin, David |
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Donegan, Devillier |
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Luchak, Allyson |
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Bacon, Michael |
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Bomse, Seth |
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Fanshel, Susan |
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McCullough, David |
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Warner Home Video |
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PBS Home Video |
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