Napoleon and Love

TV Mini Series
1974
1h

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Ian Holm, Stephanie Beacham, Nicola Pagett, Billie Whitelaw, and Susan Wooldridge in Napoleon and Love (1974)

A dramatized account of Napoleon's love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine, liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie W... Read allA dramatized account of Napoleon's love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine, liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie Walewska and his second marriage to Austrian Marie-Louise, all the time seeking an heir, an... Read allA dramatized account of Napoleon's love life and his many women. From first love, marriage, and betrayal with Josephine, liaisons with actresses, his love for the beautiful patriotic Marie Walewska and his second marriage to Austrian Marie-Louise, all the time seeking an heir, and building an empire. There are nine fifty-minute episodes.

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Ian Holm

Napoleon

• 1974

Billie Whitelaw

Josephine

• 1974

Peter Bowles

Captain Murat

• 1974

Peter Jeffrey

Talleyrand

• 1974

Ronald Hines

Berthier

• 1974

Edward de Souza

Joseph Bonaparte

• 1974

Sorcha Cusack

Hortense

• 1974

Veronica Lang

Mme. de Rémusat

• 1974

John White

Constant

• 1974

Catherine Schell

Marie Walewska

• 1974

Janina Faye

Caroline

• 1974

Peter Blythe

Duroc

• 1974

Tim Curry

Eugène

• 1974

T.P. McKenna

Barras

• 1974

Christopher Neame

Captain Junot

• 1974

John Welsh

Corvisart

• 1974

Susan Wooldridge

Marie-Louise

• 1974

Tony Anholt

Captain Charles

• 1974

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Absolutely brilliant performance by Ian Holm

I saw this on PBS here in the U.S. around 1976, and was blown away by the sheer brilliance and subtlety of Ian Holm's performance as Napoleon. Probably the best performance I've ever seen, and I don't say that lightly. At the very least, it ranks in the top five I've seen from any actor, male or female. Billie Whitelaw is superb as Josephine, as well.

The entire production is magnificent, without being overdone - the script, direction, art direction, costuming, all done with wonderful intelligence, restraint, subtlety, grace. Just wonderful!

It's such a shame that this (and many other British made for TV productions from the 70s - see my review of "Hedda Gabler" with Janet Suzman (another performance in my top five of all time)) is not available on DVD. If anyone connected with the production is reading this, and has any influence in the matter, please release it on DVD. It is a production, and especially, a performance, that deserves to be seen by all!!

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Ian Holm also played Napoleon Bonaparte in Bandits, bandits... (1981) and The Emperor's New Clothes (2001). According to Holm his "Napoleon and Love" costume was "recycled" for his role reprise in "Time Bandits".