Hero, rebel, warrior, dictator, magician and genius: the most famous man in France will soon have a new movie: Napoleon. It is expected to be a stunning spectacle, although the film’s British director can already count on criticism after he compared Napoleon to Hitler and Stalin. We talk about it with art historian Paul Rehm.
Hero, rebel, fighter, ruler, seducer, and genius: France’s most famous little man will soon appear on the big screen in a new film called “Napoleon.” It’s expected to be an impressive spectacle, but the film’s British director is already under fire for comparing Napoleon to Hitler and Stalin.
And in France they are angry. Why? “If anyone was to make a film about Napoleon, the French should do it. They didn’t do it,” says art historian Paul Rehm. “Now England has. There was a kind of bitter hostility between France and England in the late 18th century, and it is now heating up.
