A Revolution for the Screen

Abel Gance's Napoleon

Paul Cuff

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Routledge
01 December 2025

Humanities; Media studies

Series: Film Culture in Transition

Abel Gance's silent masterpiece, Napoleon, was given a limited run on its debut in 1927, but soon afterwards distributors in France and America, unwilling to deal with its nine-hour running time, subjected it to savage cuts - with devastating results for the movie and for film history. The struggle across ensuing decades to restore and reintegrate Gance's film has formed a backdrop to an array of formal, contextual, and ideological battles. In this book, Paul Cuff takes account of those battles and challenges received opinion on Gance's view of both his film and its subject.|Paul Cuff takes account of the struggle across decades to restore and reintegrate Gance's film Napoleon and challenges received opinion on this work.

By: Paul Cuff
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781041175117
ISBN 10: 1041175116
Series: Film Culture in Transition
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 01 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Cuff is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film and Television at the University of Warwick, UK.