A masterful soldier, tactician and statesmen, Napoleon Bonaparte's courage and love for his country sees him rise from an unpaid general consumed with ambition to the most powerful man in Europe, then his fall, and exile.

Christian Clavier, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Anouk Aimée, Heino Ferch, Sebastian Koch, Ennio Fantastichini, Guillaume Depardieu, Mavie Hörbiger, Julian Sands, Alexandra Maria Lara, Toby Stephens, John Wood, Marie Bäumer, Claudio Amendola, Jacques Brunet, Jean-Gabriel Nordmann, Sylvain Corthay, Jacky Nercessian, André Chaumeau, André Oumansky, Roc LaFortune, Jessica Paré, Yves Jacques, Alain Doutey, Ludivine Sagnier, Serge Dupire, Grégoire Bonnet, Vincent Grass, Julian Rachlin, Philip Lenkowsky, Claude Préfontaine, Christopher Heyerdahl