

Adieu Bonaparte
Overview
This big-budget historical epic from acclaimed Egyptian director Youssef Chahine features a crazed turn by Patrice Chereau as Napoleon Bonaparte. The film, an Egyptian-French co-production, deals with Napoleon's occupation of Alexandria and its effect on a typical Egyptian family. Michel Piccoli leads the cast as a general in Napoleon's army who tentatively befriends a local poet.
Movie Details
Languages
Arabic
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Studio
Lyric International
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Key Crew

Youssef Chahine
Director

Youssef Chahine
Writer

Yousry Nasrallah
Writer

Humbert Balsan
Producer

Mohsen Mohey ElDein
Writer
Cast

Mohsen Mohey ElDein
ALI

Ahmed Abdelaziz
Bakr

Gamil Ratib
Barthélémy

Michel Piccoli
Caffarelli

Patrice Chéreau
Napoléon Bonaparte

Abla Kamel
La femme de Bakr

Mohsena Tawfiq
La Mère

Seif Abdelrahman
Kourayem
Christian Patey
Horace

Hassan Hussein
Le père

Salah Zulfikar
Le cheikh Hassouna

Huda Sultan
Nefissa

Tawfiq Al-Deqen

Tahiya Cariocca

Ali Al Sharif

Salah Jahin
Mohamed Atef
Yehia
Dahlia Younès
Nahed
Jean-Pierre Michaud
L'imprimeur Marcel
Claude Cernay