Napoleon (2002) Episode 1/4 (TOK film club - films to provoke critical thinking)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5nwB4dDDgk

I recommend this mainly for pleasure and general entertainment, perhaps in the long vacation. It is educational too, tracing how Napoleon emerged from the chaos of the French Revolution to impose his will on France and then Europe. Like so many 'great' leaders, his own hubris led to his downfall. While some battle scenes are violent, they are not as graphic as modern computer games or television crime dramas. The acting is generally excellent.On a note of irony, one of the actors and producers of the series is Frenchman Gerard Depardieu who has recently taken Russian citiizenship to protest French taxes on the rich. I own a copy of the DVD and post this link to youtube to encourage students and their families to sample the production and hopefully some of you will add this DVD to your collection.