Napoleon OTT release date – Watch Joaquin Phoenix as the French Emperor who led a tumultuous life on THIS platform

Napoleon is Blade Runner and The Martian's Ridley Scott’s latest multi-Oscar-nominated film. Produced by Scott and Joaquin Phoenix, along with Mark Huffam and Kevin J. Walsh of Apple Studios and Scott Free Productions, the film has received three nominations at the Academy Awards this year - Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Visual Effects.

Release date and trailer of Napoleon

The film premiered at Salle Pleyel in Paris on November 14, 2023, before releasing in the US and UK on November 22, 2023. It had opened to mixed reviews from critics who praised its battle scenes and performances but criticised its historical inaccuracies. Napoleon is now all set to stream on Apple TV+ starting March 1. 

Plot of Napoleon

Napoleon follows the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, who came from nothing and achieved a great deal. The film chronicles the political and personal life of the eponymous French General, later Emperor, who led France to glory until his last battle, the Battle of Waterloo. The film’s trailer also equally showcases the lover as well as the tyrant Napoleon was in his life.

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From passionately wooing and marrying the sensual widow Joséphine to making love under the table, Napoleon had a lust for the extreme, both in battle and pleasure. On the battlefield, Napoleon was a genius and he did not hesitate to let enemies see him. In fact, he hopes for it, so that they may fall into his trap and succumb to icy deaths by drowning. The film is not fully accurate, but its sensational and performative merit makes up for it.

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Cast of Napoleon

Napoleon stars a highly talented cast of Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby as his wife, Joséphine, Matthew Needham as his brother Lucien Bonaparte, Sinéad Cusack as his mother Letizia Bonaparte, Paul Rhys as Talleyrand, Catherine Walker as Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, Rupert Everett as Arthur Wellesley, and Ben Miles as Armand de Caulaincourt, among many others.

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