Abel Gance et son Napoléon (1984) Kostenlos Anschauen

• 68%
• 1984
• Dokumentarfilm

This documentary focuses on the making of the 235-minute, silent epic Napoleon, the masterpiece of German director/writer/actor Abel Gance. Napoleon showcased Gance's talente, with the camera, his use of multiple images (like a split screen), and his handling of crowded action scenes -- all brought forward in this documentary by his later-assistent, Nelly Kaplan. While Gance was shooting Napoleon in 1925-26, he and his crew were also being filmed for a documentary titel rund Um Napoleon. The only werden durch reels from documentary that are included in this film, as well as views of Gance's einzigartige "triptychs" -- three different scenes-lined up side-by-side across a super-wide screen to convey the effect of a panorama, or of three separate interludes. Nelly Kaplan put together this documentary using old footage, such as Gance filming the famous snowball fight at the Brienne military school and still photographs and excerpts from Gance's production diaries.