Napoleon Road (French: La route Napoléon) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Pierre Fresnay, Henri Vilbert and Claude Laydu.[1] It was partly shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff.

Napoleon Road
Belgian poster
Directed byJean Delannoy
Written byAntoine Blondin
Jean Delannoy
Roland Laudenbach
Produced byJoseph Bercholz
Edouard Gide
StarringPierre Fresnay
Henri Vilbert
Claude Laydu
CinematographyLéonce-Henri Burel
Edited byJames Cuenet
Music byPaul Misraki
Production
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Les Films Gibé
Distributed byPathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date
  • 14 October 1953 (1953-10-14)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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A chancer organises a series of package tours along a route said to have been taken by Napoleon in 1815 when in fact the Emperor never set foot there. The local inhabitants back up his story as they hope to cash in on the tourist boom.

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