Napoleon je epski akcijski spektakl koji detaljno prikazuje uspon i pad legendarnog francuskog cara Napoleona Bonapartea. Film bilježi Bonaparteov neumorni put do moći kroz ovisnost, nestabilni odnos s njegovom jedinom pravom ljubavi, Josephine, prikazujući njegovu vizionarsku vojnu i političku taktiku u jednoj od najnapetijih bitaka ikad snimljenih.
1805. Napoleon dominira Europom. Samo mu se Engleska odupire. To su doba napoleonskih ratova, a sada su mora i oceani postali ključno i strateško bojište. U Atlantskom oceanu engleski ratni brod Surprise, kojeg je kapetan "Luckyja" Jack Aubrey (Crowe) iznenada napadne neprijateljski ratni brod koji je nadređen njemu. Aubrey tada donosi pamtljivu odluku: usprkos ozbiljnoj šteti koju su pretrpjeli Surprise i njezina vjerna posada, uključujući kirurga Stephena Maturina (Bettany), odluči otploviti, ozbiljno rizikujući, preko dva mora kako bi presreli i uhvatili svog neprijatelja. To je misija koja može odrediti sudbinu jednog naroda ili uništiti kapetana i njegovu posadu, suočenu s mnogo bolje naoružanim i bezobzirnim privatnikom, u potjeri preko mora koja ga vodi na drugu stranu svijeta.
Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of two aristocratic families.
Na vrhuncu Napoleonove vladavine, François Vidocq – jedini čovjek koji je 27 puta uspješno pobjegao iz zatvora – postaje legenda. Ostavljen da umre nakon posljednjeg spektakularnog bijega, bivši osuđenik pokušava biti zaboravljen pod krinkom običnog trgovca. Nakon što biva optužen za ubojstvo koje nije počinio, a da bi dokazao svoju nevinost i dobru volju, pristaje se pridružiti policiji u borbi protiv podzemlja. U zamjenu za slobodu, hvata lopove i ubojice na ulicama Pariza. Unatoč iznimnim rezultatima, izaziva neprijateljstvo svojih kolega, policijskih službenika, ali izaziva i bijes podzemlja. Od osuđenika do šerifa … Vidocq postaje vladar Pariza.
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perceived insult. For over a decade, they engage in a series of duels amidst larger conflicts, including the failed French invasion of Russia in 1812, and shifts in the political and social systems of Europe.
Anne Elliot, the daughter of a financially troubled aristocratic family, is persuaded to break her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a young sea captain of meager means. Years later, money troubles force Anne's father to rent out the family estate to Admiral Croft, and Anne is again thrown into company with Frederick -- who is now rich, successful, and perhaps still in love with Anne.
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.
The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to cheer her up.
Hornblower must deliver a French nobleman to a secret rendezvous near Brest, all while coping with enemy agents in his own ranks.
Passionate romance, brutal treachery, and selfless nobility are set against the background of Napoleon’s 1810 invasion of Portugal.
Pomorska avantura, temeljena na romanima C. S. Forestera, o herojskom britanskom pomorcu iz 19. stoljeća. Priča o plovidbi s njegovim brodom 'Lydia' kroz bitke sa Španjolskom i Francuskom te pobjedama dosjetljivošću, a ne snagom.
Hornblower and his comrades come under the command of a revered but mentally unstable captain and are forced to mutiny in order to save their ship, the HMS Renown.
The romanticized gallant adventures of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister. First "engaged" to the Conventionnel Fréron, then separated from him by her brother for political reasons, Pauline joined Napoleon in the Italian army, where she fell in love with the comté de Canouville. But the First Consul married her to his friend, General Leclerc, whom she followed on the expedition to Saint-Domingue. Unconcerned about fidelity, she began to love her husband just as he was about to die of yellow fever. Back in France, she was soon consoled by other gallants. Napoleon, now emperor, hastened to marry her off to Prince Borghese, but he was unable to make her love him. She soon returned to Paris to lead the life of a gallant woman, incognito, and again met Canouville, whom the emperor tried in vain to separate from her. But soon the Russian campaign begins, and her lover is killed. All that remains for Pauline, this time disconsolate, is to reconcile with her brother on the road to exile.
Portsmouth, 1794. Under thundery skies and in lashing rain, 17-year-old midshipman Horatio Hornblower takes the first tentative steps of his naval career, but a feud with a shipmate causes complications.
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.
Posada broda Defiant dio je pokreta cijele flote za podnošenje pritužbi Admiralitetu. Dosta je bilo nasilja. Stalni sadizam prvog časnika broda to otežava, a kada je kapetan onesposobljen i povećava se mogućnost nasilja.
Set in the time of Napoleon wars, shows how the wars swept over the unfortunate Polish country at the beginning of the XIX-th century. Story revolves around the Polish legion under command of General Dabrowski, who then fought on Napoleon's side with the hopes of Poland's revival.
A second version of Gance's Napoléon, with sound.