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Although the IMDb shows this film of the French occupation of Moscow as a short, in the era it was produced, it was a feature. The modern viewer will have some issues with it. The acting, particularly by Pavel Knorr as Napoleon, is stagy and its format is that of the illustrated text that was beginning to go out of style even then.
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte 's Grande Armée occupied Moscow from 14 September to 19 October 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars. It marked the summit of the French invasion of Russia. During the occupation, which lasted 36 days, the city was devastated by fire and looted by both Russian peasants and the French. [4]
Featuring dramatized reconstructions, period imagery and the latest 3-D computer graphics, the program follows the dramatic course of events, including the Battle Of Bordino and the cruel 'Retreat From Moscow' which claimed over half a million lives.
1 cze 2005 · To this day the infamous retreat from Moscow epitomises the suffering of ordinary soldiers. This documentary is a powerful record of one of history's greatest military disasters, and features period imagery, dramatised "eye-witness" accounts, expert analysis, and extensive footage from the Oscar-winning Russian film "War and Peace".
To mark the 100 year anniversary of Napoleon's invasion of Moscow, both Russia and France collaborated on making director Vasily Goncharov's "1812." Released in August 1912, the film became the first time in cinematic history two countries teamed up to create a movie.
This documentary is a powerful record of one of history's greatest military disasters, and features period imagery, dramatised "eye-witness" accounts, expert analysis, and extensive footage from the Oscar-winning Russian film "War and Peace".
Tsar Nicolas II, for example, consciously replicated Alexander I’s visit to Moscow in July 1812, over a hundred years later. On the eve of the First World War, a sacred union of Tsar and people was declared in front of the Virgin of Kazan, before which Kutuzov had prayed in 1812.
