May 5, 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte, deposed emperor exiled on the island of St. Helena, is about to take his last breath. The son of a Corsican family, he has been close to death on many occasions since, as a young captain in the revolutionary army, he seized Toulon from the royalists in 1793.
Tristan Delus
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Denis Podalydès
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Patrice Gueniffey
as Self - Historian
Jacques-Olivier Boudon
as Self - Historian
Thierry Lenz
as Self - Historian
Pierre Branda
as Self - Historian
Charles-Éloi Vial
as Self - Historian
Jean-Marie Rouart
as Self - Writer
François Houdececk
as Self - Historian
Chantal Prévot
as Self - Historian
Émilie Robbe
as Self - Historian
