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Napoleon Road is a french film of genre Comedy directed by Jean Delannoy with Pierre Fresnay

Napoleon Road (1953)

Napoleon Road
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Length 1h30
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OriginFrance
Genres Comedy
Rating55% 2.7631052.7631052.7631052.7631052.763105

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. 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.

Synopsis

Magnat de la publicité, Edouard Martel a été choisi pour le lancement de la très touristique route Napoléon et une caravane doit semer l'enthousiasme dans les populations. Une fausse manœuvre oblige Martel à substituer au village de Malijai où l'empereur a fait halte, celui de Bourg-sur-Bleone ignoré par Napoléon. Le malin Martel s'y prend avec une telle adresse qu'il convainc tous les habitants du passage du grand homme et que le curé et l'instituteur, plus ou moins réticents, s'inclineront devant le succès de cette aventure moderne.

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