Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Bonaparte at the siege of Toulon, by Édouard Detaille. Despite the mutual dislike, Bonaparte was able to muster an artillery force that was sufficient for a siege of Toulon and the fortresses that were quickly built by the British in its immediate environs. He was able to requisition equipment and cannon from the surrounding area.
"Napoleon" is an episode of the BBC Television docudrama series Heroes and Villains, first broadcast on BBC One on 12 November 2007. It tells the story of Napoleon's part in the Siege of Toulon in 1793.
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
Battle of Waterloo: 1969 West Germany Waterloo: Jiří Weiss: Battle of Waterloo: 1971 Czechoslovakia Madame Sans-Géne: František Laurin: Comedy. Catherine Hübscher: 1975 West Germany The cats' bridge: Der Katzensteg: Peter Meincke Drama. Based on a novel The Cats' Bridge: 1978 Soviet Union Colonel Chabert: Полковник Шабер ...
For such a famed historical figure, Napoleon has made only fleeting appearances in movies since Abel Gance’s 1927 silent film. Stanley Kubrick had grand designs for a Napoleon epic that went unmade.
Battle of Valmy: 1970 France Danton's death: La mort de Danton: Claude Barma Based on the play Danton's Death. Georges Danton: 1973 United States The Man of Destiny: Joseph Hardy Comedy. 1975 France Saint-Just and the Force of Things: Saint-Just et la Force des choses: Pierre Cardinal: Biography, Drama, History. Based on a novel Saint-Just et ...
Napoleon is a 2023 epic biographical war film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by David Scarpa.Based on the life of Napoleon and primarily depicting his rise to power, as well as his relationship with his wife, Joséphine, it stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and Vanessa Kirby as Joséphine.
The Mediterranean campaign of 1793–1796 was a major theater of conflict in the early years of the French Revolutionary Wars.Fought during the War of the First Coalition, the campaign was primarily contested in the Western Mediterranean between the French Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, based at Toulon in Southern France, and the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet, supported by the Spanish ...