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title: "The Emperor of Paris [DVD]"
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# The Emperor of Paris [DVD]

**Brand:** jean-françois richet
**Price:** 1541 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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NOTICE: The disk has English audio.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Excellent Historical Adventure
  

*by A***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 November 2019*

If you are in to historical drama, this film is an absolute gem. The anti-hero is a historical character so I will avoid spoilers as to his fate. Basically, he is a criminal who does a deal with the law enforcement authorities in Napoleon's Paris. In return for immunity, he agrees to help bring down or bring in criminals who have so far eluded the police. His methods prove brutal and effective as he goes about his mission, recruiting a diverse team of allies as he does so. His immunity is repeatedly dangled before him as an incentive and eventually he has to go up against an old and ruthless criminal accomplice. The story races along and comes to a satisfying end. However, what engaged my enthusiasm was the attention to historical detail. Paris looks suitable either dark and shabby or glorious and imperial depending where the scenes are set. Flintlock muskets and pistols emit a satisfying amount of smoke and do not automatically get reloaded, the shooter having to go through the rig-ma-role of cartridge and ramrod or pick up another weapon. The costumes are brilliantly done. Everyone wears a hat (something a lot of historical dramas before the 1960s tend to overlook) and the uniforms are rendered in excellent historical detail. (The Emperor's escort is reproduced with spectacular accuracy and the correct, though obscure unit is guarding the Ministry of Police.) The fighting is realistic, bloody and exhausting for the combatants. Even Napoleon gets a realistic and believable cameo. In short, this is a brilliant production that shows, like Peter Weir's 'Master and Commander', just because you take pains over the historical detail does not mean that you cannot have a pacey, entertaining thriller. This gets my strongest recommendation.

### ⭐ 







  
  
    French Film
  

*by G***. on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2019*

Its all in French

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Napoleonic era thriller with a raw edge
  

*by J***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 January 2020*

I decided to watch this movie because it was directed by Richet, who directed Mesrine.  It stars Vincent Cassel as Vidocq, a small-time criminal who is known as "the escape artist".  The movie opens with Vidocq on a prison hulk.  Prisoners are forced into gladiatorial combat with death for the loser.  Vidocq and another prisoner De Wenger, are thrown overboard wearing ball and chains.  This entire sequence is fast-moving, violent and dramatic.  It sets the tone for the movie.A decade later, we meet Vidocq again, as a solitary but clever linen salesman.  Despite his vow to never involve himself in the lives of others he intervenes with a pickpocket/prostitute and pimp.  As a result Vidocq is arrested by the head of the Surete.  There is a powerful scene where Vidocq pleads for his life, without relinquishing one ounce of dignity.  He becomes a thief-taker for the Surete, living in a strange grey are, neither pardoned nor executed.  Cassel gets his teeth into this life, a melancholy lonely man who is legally able to satisfy his violent impulses by beating and killing hardened criminals.  The film goes into high-gear at this point, with some very exciting action scenes.  Colourful and atmospheric, the movie builds a world where men have very little and will kill for a couple of coins.The grimy greens and browns of Napoleonic Paris are contrasted with the rich golds and blues of the Palaces of the rich.  I have rarely watched a movie that does such a wonderful job of contrasting the rich with the poor.  The claustrophobic poverty and danger of the Parisian slums is such that one almost breathes a sigh of relief when Vidocq is forced to report to the palaces of the rich.As with Richet's Mesrine this is an action story.  I will not give spoilers but there is an ambush scene with a carriage that is both thrilling and unnerving.  Someone in Hollywood is bound to steal it (and mess it up).Good ensemble acting makes a good counterpoint to Cassel's taciturn ruthlessness.  Olga Kurylenko is good as a countess with an extremely dodgy past.  Her role is a little underwritten but her scenes with Cassel are very sparky and intriguing.The denouement of the movie is satisfying, tragic and a redemption of sorts.  "Emperor of Paris" is a riddle of a story and it twists and turns.  But it never loses sight of the humanity of its protagonists, while keeping one glued to the action.  Very good.

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