THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN
Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier
Authors: Jacques Dubuisson, Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.
Broadcast: ARTE
1798: a huge armada leaves Toulon for a mysterious military expedition. 40,000 soldiers,
10,000 sailors and 167 scientists, mostly young, were called by the brilliant General Bonaparte, then aged 29 years old. A week before the landing, the destination is finally revealed: Egypt, the country of the pharaohs which makes Europe dream of enlightenment and more particularly our scholars. This two-part docu-fiction unveils the incredible adventures of this unprecedented expedition.
THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN
Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier
Authors: Jacques Dubuisson, Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.
Broadcast: ARTE
1798: a huge armada leaves Toulon for a mysterious military expedition. 40,000 soldiers,
10,000 sailors and 167 scientists, mostly young, were called by the brilliant General Bonaparte, then aged 29 years old. A week before the landing, the destination is finally revealed: Egypt, the country of the pharaohs which makes Europe dream of enlightenment and more particularly our scholars. This two-part docu-fiction unveils the incredible adventures of this unprecedented expedition.
THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN
Directed by: Fabrice Hourlier
Authors: Jacques Dubuisson, Stéphanie Hauville, Fabrice Hourlier.
Broadcast: ARTE
1798: a huge armada leaves Toulon for a mysterious military expedition. 40,000 soldiers,
10,000 sailors and 167 scientists, mostly young, were called by the brilliant General Bonaparte, then aged 29 years old. A week before the landing, the destination is finally revealed: Egypt, the country of the pharaohs which makes Europe dream of enlightenment and more particularly our scholars. This two-part docu-fiction unveils the incredible adventures of this unprecedented expedition.
INDIGENES
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" Napoleon, the Russian campaign " proposes in two episodes to deal with Napoleon's Russian campaign, emphasizing the aspect human of it in the two camps, French and Russian. Discover the tragedy that it was for the Grande Armée as the union and the fierce resistance from their Russian adversaries. 1 million men clashed.
The Grande Armée numbered 500 000 men at the start of the Campaign, only 30 000 returned ! Considered as one more military campaign for Napoleon, it reasoned as a patriotic war among the Russians.
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NAPOLEON, THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
Kind : Docu-Fiction
Format :HD
Number of episodes : 2 X 52'
Production : DOCSIDE
Associated production: INDIGENES
Diffusion : Arte
Authors : Marc EISENCHTETER – Fabrice HOURLIER
Director : Fabrice HOULIER
Actors: Marc Duret (NAPOLEON 1ST), Jean-Pierre Michaël (Caulaincourt), Pawel Delag (Alexandre 1ST), Constantin BALSAN (Sergeant Burgundy), Alexander MEDVEDEV (General Kutuzov), Miglen MITCHEV (General Balashov), Alix BENEZECH Catherine (Pavlovna of Russia).
An extreme journey where hundreds of thousands died in combat but also of cold, hunger and exhaustion. From the crossing of the Niemen to the march on Moscow, from the Battle of Borodino to the burning of Moscow, then the retreat and the tragic crossing of the Berezina.
A miniseries of two 52-minute episodes, in the form of a docu-fiction of prestige combining real filming and the richness of 3D reconstructions.
Real filming shot with the help of the 1814V4 association: www.1814V4.fr