CHARMING BUT slight, "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a flight of cinematic fancy that takes as its premise the assumption that Napoleon Bonaparte didn't really die in exile on May 5, 1821, but somehow ...

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.

Two versions of Napoleon Bonaparte crop up on screen. The first is a titan of history who marches vast armies across Europe, forging his own destiny and the continent’s. This is the figure with whom ...

For a film taken with the idea of war, with massive campaigns involving many extras, horses and armaments, and large portions of its extended running time dedicated to the bitter, bloody waging of ...

On December 2, 1804, the great and good of Paris gathered in Notre-Dame Cathedral to witness the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte and the birth of the French Empire. It’s a moment immortalized (and ...

Much like in London, today began as a chilly, overcast, autumnal morning in Paris. But as early bird tourists queued outside ...

Joaquin Phoenix plays Napoleon Bonaparte opposite Vanessa Kirby as his wife Josephine in the film, directed by Ridley Scott Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has ...

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.