Napoleon (2023)
Directed by Ridley Scott
From the Siege of Toulon to the Pyramids, Austerlitz, burning Moscow and Waterloo, an artillery officer rises to emperor while his stormy marriage to Joséphine plays out in Paris.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Execution of Marie Antoinette≈ 00:01:00Paris, FranceInferred
The young officer watches the queen go to the guillotine.
- 2Siege of Toulon≈ 00:05:00Toulon, FranceStated on screen
He takes a fort and turns the guns on the British fleet.
- 3Paris, France≈ 00:15:00Stated on screen
He crushes a royalist uprising, meets Joséphine and marries her.
- 4Battle of the Pyramids≈ 00:38:00Pyramids of GizaStated on screen
His cannon fire at the Pyramids as he wins in Egypt.
- 5Coup of 18 Brumaire≈ 00:45:00Paris, FranceInferred
Rushing home over Joséphine's affair, he seizes power from the Directory.
- 6Coronation≈ 00:58:00Notre-Dame de ParisInferred
He crowns himself emperor and then crowns Joséphine.
- 7Battle of Austerlitz≈ 01:08:00Austerlitz battlefield (Slavkov u Brna), MoraviaStated on screen
He lures the Austrian and Russian armies onto frozen lakes and shells the ice.
- 8Moscow, Russia≈ 01:35:00Stated on screen
- 9Exile≈ 01:50:00Elba, ItalyStated on screen
- 10Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison≈ 01:55:00Stated on screen
- 11Battle of Waterloo≈ 02:02:00Waterloo battlefield, BelgiumStated on screen
- 12Final exile≈ 02:25:00Saint Helena, South AtlanticStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 21,540 km
- Places
- 10
- Countries
- 7
- Stops
- 12
- Not shown: 14,064 km
- Boat: 7,476 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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