Émile Drain (1890–1966) was a French actor and comedian. In 1925, he starred as

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

with

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in '' Madame Sans-Gêne''. In 1927 he played ''Napoleon'' in the

Donald Crisp Donald William Crisp (27 July 188225 May 1974) was an English people, English film actor as well as an early producer, director and screenwriter. His career lasted from the early silent film era into the 1960s. He won an Academy Award for Best S ...

directed '' The Fighting Eagle''. In 1948, he appeared, again as Napoleon, in the film '' The Lame Devil''.

Selected filmography

*''Après la chute de l'aigle'' (1909) *''Androcles and the Lion'' (1911) *''Trois Familles'' (''Three Families'') (1918) *''Papa bon cœur'' (1919) - Marcel Daubenton *''La Double Existence du docteur Mozart'' (1919) - Docteur André *''Un drame sous'' (''Drama With Napoleon'') (1921) - Napoleon *''L'Aiglonne'' (1921) - Napoleon *''Molière, sa vie, son œuvre'' (1922) *''Château historique'' (1923) *'' After Love'' (1924) *'' Madam Sans-Gêne'' (1925) - Napoleon *'' The Fighting Eagle'' (1927) * '' Madame Récamier'' (1928) - Napoleon * '' The Foreigner'' (1931) - M. Mauriceau *''L'Aiglon'' (''The Eagle'') (1931) - Napoleon * '' Imperial Violets'' (1932) * '' Casanova'' (1934) - Monseigneur de Bernis *''La vie est à nous'' (1936) - Old Bertin *''Le Perles de la couronne'' (1937) - Napoleon *''Remontons les Champs-Élysées'' (1938) - Napoleon *''La rue sans joie'' (''Joyless Road'') (1938) - President *''Le Bal de passants'' (1943) - Dr. Baudouin *''Master Love'' (1945) *''Panique'' (''Panic'' (1946) - M. Breteuil *''La Kermesse rouge'' (1946) - a Dominican reverend *''La Revanche de Roger la Honte'' (1946) *''Les Portes de la nuit'' (''Night Gates'') (1946) *''Antoine and Antoinete'' (''Antoine et Antoinette'') (1946) *''Les amoureux sont seuls au monde'' (1947) - a critic *''Croisière pour l'inconnu'' (1947) *''Le Diamant de cent sous'' (1947) *'' The Scarlet Bazaar'' (1947) *'' The Lame Devil'' (1948) - Napoleon *''La Marie du Port'' (1949) *''Superpacific'' (1949) *''Justice est faite'' (1950) - Prof. Dutoit *''Si Versailles m'était conté...'' (1953) - Napoleon *''Si Paris nous était conté'' (1955) -

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

*''Le Pays d'où je viens'' (1956)

Theatre

Bibliography

*Paul Bauer, ''Deux siècles d'histoire au Père Lachaise'', Mémoire et Documents, 2006, p. 291

External links

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