🇬🇧🇺🇸 Napoleon 2023 (BASED ON REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS, Eng sub)

"Napoleon" is based on real historical events and a real person, but it is not a strictly accurate “true story” in every detail. Instead, it’s a historical drama - meaning it draws from real history but takes artistic liberties for storytelling, character drama, and cinematic impact. What is true in the movie? - The film broadly follows the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history’s most famous military and political leaders. He did rise from a Corsican officer to become Emperor of the French and led major campaigns across Europe. - Key elements such as his marriage to Joséphine, his major battles (Egypt, Austerlitz, Waterloo), and his exile are based on real historical events. What the film changes or dramatizes? Historians have pointed out several inaccuracies or dramatized scenes in the movie, including: - Napoleon did not witness the execution of Marie-Antoinette + he was serving at Toulon at the time. - Scenes like firing cannons at the Pyramids of Giza during the Egyptian campaign are fictional. - Some relationships and timelines, especially involving Josephine, their divorce, and her death, are altered for dramatic effect. In reality, Josephine died before Napoleon’s return from exile, not after. - The film portrays Napoleon leading certain battlefield charges or meeting historical figures he never actually met, such as Duke of Wellington. Is the movie based on a true story? Yes - it’s rooted in real history about Napoleon Bonaparte. Is it completely historically accurate? No - many scenes, relationships, and events are dramatized, changed, or invented for storytelling. Many historians have criticized these inaccuracies.