Napoleon (French: Napoléon et l'Europe) is a six-part French–Polish historical miniseries that aired on France 3 in early 1991. It charts Napoleon Bonaparte’s career from his return after the Egyptian campaign to his downfall and exile on Elba, portraying his political maneuvering, military ambition, and complex relationships with key figures such as Talleyrand, Fouché, Murat, Tsar Alexander, Joséphine de Beauharnais, and Countess Marie Walewska.
Cast
Jean-François Stévenin
Napoléon Bonaparte
Jan Nowicki
Murat/Barras
Bruno Madinier
Lucien Bonaparte/Lucien
Jean-Claude Durand
Talleyrand
Andrzej Seweryn
Tsar Alexandre
Jacques Frantz
Murat
Jerzy Kryszak
Fouche
Krzysztof Zanussi
Narrator/Commentator
James Faulkner
Maitland
Béatrice Agenin
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Christoph Waltz
Karl Emmanuel
François Perrot
Talleyrand
Philippe Bouclet
Caulaincourt
Krzysztof Luft
Frederic Guillaume de Prusse
Monika Świtaj
Louise de Prusse
Marek Barbasiewicz
French general/Segur
Jerzy Gudejko
Constant/Benjamin Constant
Liliana Komorowska
Hortense/Hortense de Beauharnais
Krzysztof Stroiński
Lavalette
Adam Ferency
Duroc
Michał Pawlicki
Berthier
Jacek Domański
Joseph/Joseph Bonaparte
Crew
José Fonseca e Costa
Director
Eberhard Itzenplitz
Director
Pierre Lary
Director
Janusz Majewski
Director
Francis Megahy
Director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Director, Writer
Jean Gruault
Writer
Carlos Saboga
Writer
Slawomir Idziak
Cinematography
Elso Roque
Cinematography
Andrzej J. Jaroszewicz
Cinematography
Grzegorz Kędzierski
Cinematography
Jarosław Żamojda
Cinematography
António da Cunha Telles
Producer
Wojciech Kilar
Original Music Composer