This extraordinary depiction of the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte from director Abel Gance is a landmark in cinema history, lauded by auteurs such as Martin Scorsese and Stanley Kubrick, but a film that few audiences have had the opportunity to experience.
Painstakingly reconstructed by film historian Kevin Brownlow, the film has now been digitally restored in all its glory by Photoplay and the BFI National Archive.
Featuring ground-breaking technical innovations including its famous wide screen triptych finale, rich tints and tones and an epic running time of 5 ½ hours plus intervals, this is an unmissable film event for cinephiles.