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.

• DirectorYoussef Chahine
• Release17 May 1985
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration1h 55m
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  5.8
  13 reviews
• Productions

  Lyric International, أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه), Renn Productions, TF1 Films Production