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Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Napolean / La charge à Eylau

At the beginning of a trailer for the film Napolean with Joaquin Phoenix there's a depiction of a cavalry charge.  Right away I remembered a clip of a cavalry charge from a film starring Gérard Depardieu, but couldn't remember the name of the film
It took an inordinate amount of time, but I went through Depardieu's filmography until I found the wikipedia entry for Le colonel Chabert (1994).  What made the film so memorable was the depiction of the cavalry charge.  At one time I thought the clip could be used in schools to have students imitate the cavalry officers by trying to hold their arms up for the duration of the charge.

That clip from Depardieu's film is on YouTube: "La charge à Eylau" -Le colonel Chabert (1994)


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