La Route Napoléon / Napoleon Road / Jean Delannoy / 1953

La Route Napoléon

1953 Comedy

Credits

Director: Jean Delannoy
Script: Antoine Blondin, Jean Delannoy, Roland Laudenbach
Photo: Léonce-Henri Burel
Music: Paul Misraki
Cast: Pierre Fresnay (Edouard Martel), René Génin (Le curé), Claude Laydu (Pierre Marchand), Yvette Lucas, Marie Albe, Mireille Ozy (Stella), Denise Precheur, Annie Roudier, Hélène Tossy, Henri Vilbert (Blaise)
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 90 min; B&W
Aka: Napoleon Road

Summary

Publicist Edouard Martel sees an easy way to make money from gullible tourists. He intends to arrange a series of sightseeing tours along the route that the Emperor Napoleon took on his return from the Island of Elba. When he is prevented from exploiting the only authentic site on the route by some unhappy locals, he has no choice but to come up with a few plausible alternatives....

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