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A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's 'Napoleon' /

Abel Gance's silent masterpiece, 'Napoleon', was given a limited run on its debut in 1927, but soon afterwards distributors in France and America, unwilling to deal with its nine-hour running time, subjected it to savage cuts - with devastating results for the movie and for film histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cuff, Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2015]
Series:Film culture in transition.
Subjects:
Napoléon (Motion picture : 1927)
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > In motion pictures.
Gance, Abel > Criticism and interpretation.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Gance, Abel.
Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821.
Motion pictures.

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