NAPOLEON (heroes and villains) part 1

[dirtymike31]

funny, i thought napoleon was a fat, midget.

[dunedain101]

@dirtymike31

He was skinny actually, he only started getting fat in this mid 30's because of sickness, he had a fragile health.

And he wasn't short, that's a cliché coming back from the British propaganda of that time. Actually he was over 170cm, which is above the average height in Europe in the 19th century. I know plenty of guys even now whose height barely reach 170cm, yet 2 centuries later the average height in France is 174cm, which is pretty much the same as in Britain.

[acerb45666555]

no matter what even the English and Dutch think of Napoleon, the thing that saves him is that he stood against the Inquisition! and that gives him Sainthood!!

[Agomongo1235]

i read the same exact book... it suked! the only good bio was spartacus

[thc024]

is this the only episode..? i need some more of this quality napoleon lol 

[DODODADATUMTEETAAA]

Oh my god! Is that Rob Brydon?

[ThePurpleman21]

@DODODADATUMTEETAAA yes

[nusquamesse1248]

Finally, a very well done docu-drama about an immensely fascinating person and period!

[HerrCollier]

One has to wonder how any of these generals got to where they were aside from personal connections and politics....even when you ignore the docudrama and read and research into the Siege of Toulon, all of the moves and plans made by the generals were outright idiocy. Hundreds, even thousands of lives would have been wasted--not worthwhile sacrifices--WASTED--on their plans to take the city...what, were those guys just idiots, living in the 14th century, or both? I'm still not sure.

[xenotypos]

@clearblueish "unlike the French"

I have been living in France for 24years (all my life), and I don't know what your talking about, don't take "youtube french" for all the french. For example Germany, we are not stuck in past like some countries and we respect them, look for the wiki pages about franco-german relations since 1945. As for British, I know an high amount of people who deeply like the Victorian Era, just for instance.

[Napoleontas]

@Trafener You are hilarious

[princessgrapefruit1]

I love the French revolution such and interesting time, it's also good how they chose someone who actually looks like napoleon.

[lulzcoaster]

The only problem I have with the "heroes and villains" series is that they talk in English. It would sound a lot better if they talked in the original language with subtitles.

[Seanze329]

I think it's kinda funny how so many powerful countries of the time had red white and blue flags.

[louthegiantcookie]

Ah, Napoleon. An able administrator and a brilliant warlord. It's a pity his end was so ignoble. He should have died like a soldier instead of merely being exiled. It would have been far more fitting for such a brave man.

[joex49]

@well said. the death of a true hero!!

[Krzysmalaki74]

@Napoleontas I watched an interview with Ricky Gervais some time ago and he pompously pointed out that the British empire was the 4th largest blah blah blah.... clearly forgetting that they fought peasants in India, primitive tribes in Afrika and unordered soldiers in America. They lost the war to Boars in Africa, lost the war in America. Occupied mainly bushes in Canada, sands in Australia, etc etc. They have nothing on Napoleon and Roman Empire as the mentioned ones fought in Europe.

[Napoleontas]

@Krzysmalaki74 I like the British my self, i like them quite a lot ,but i dont like British "patriots" coming here to compare Napoleon with Wellington!

But i dont get it, you seem to be against England yet you are from UK?

[Krzysmalaki74]

@Napoleontas Well, thats quite irrelevant. What matters here is the facts and the truth. And these point in a different direction. Much different from what the British claim it happened, e.g. Napoleon was short about 5'' 4 or 5, the fella here is 5''9 or 10 its innacurate and inconsistent, etc etc.

[Deanboy2007]

@Krzysmalaki74 And what have the Polish ever achieved? Invasion after invasion? Fuck off back to Poland!

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 I like the British by the way, i like them very much ,i just think they have lost their way in the process and their empire was partially high jacked by certain commercial circles. But iam a fervent admirer of English and British history and i consider Britain and England a jewel of European history

[GentlemanGhost1]

@Deanboy2007 Wellington was one of modem worlds greatest generals, but to say he "never lost to a French general" would be to lie,for did loose several battles against Napoleon,one of them is the Battle of Quatre Bras.

[gipcambero]

@Deanboy2007

French was the official language of England for 300 years

[KikoBarahona]

remember Bailen!

[turner2123]

@Deanboy2007 you could see it like that but what i see its that british needs heroes for documenturys so they are taking some french,spanish,.... heroes to make good documenterys because the british dont have any xD

[rgs2654321]

@Deanboy2007 You Englais are nothing to ze French. You are lucky's we did not take over your country because of "our kindness" sir. Not yours!!!!

[Octavius0]

Thank you for the upload, I saw this a few years back when it was shown on television and always wanted to watch it again.

[uzo70]

anyone know where i can see this in HD?, beacuse it allmost deserves it :)

[103littlebastard]

@Deanboy2007 = Idiot

[reycage]

Who's being beheaded at the beginning

[SonnyDrakeMedia]

@Napoleontas Oui! It was only Austrian intervention that saved Britain at Waterloo - even Wellington himself admitted it was the closest battle he'd ever fought...

I'm English and I hate people like that 'deanboy2007' - they make us all look so idiotic and samll minded to others.

Also it's basic historical fact that Napoleon was one of the greatest military commanders of all time

[blueguitarblue]

Thank you BBC. You've done it again. Quality. The actor playing Napoleon even looks like him. I'm American. Nothing compares to BBC productions.

[XDlolzilla]

Soldier

General

EMPEROR

FUCKING EPIC

TYRANT OR NOT

[ihaspawnyou]

VIVE LE EMPEREUR!

[GabiN64]

Looks like Jack Black lol.

[seafireliv]

Wow. that chopping off of his head at the start was pretty graphic!

[wasilaify]

@seafireliv I know it totally caught me off guard!

[gothexperiments]

@seafireliv Wow i did not expect to see the guillotine at first and I was "frighten up"! Very realistic and nice representation of the execution..

[poorandimmature]

@seafireliv I suggest not to analyze how we carry out capitol punishment today if that looked graphic :P I would take the guillotine over 5 minutes of sizzling on the electric chair any day, like getting picked off by a jaguar- nerves severed before you can register the pain.

[seekerphn]

@TheFrancoGerman

that was awesome

[FishBrothersReturns]

@Deanboy2007 Documentary in which you did not even use French actors.... que pateticos

[Souplesse000]

@FishBrothersReturns It's got Ken Cranham, Rob Brydon and Alice Krige all within the first 10 minutes. Not exactly the B list is it? I agree, some french actors would have been nice but you got to hand it to the BBC they bring in the talent. This is excellent as far as historic dramatizations go.

[TechnoManiac2]

I like Napoleon, Alexander, Ceaser, Hannibal and Wellington. But I don't like it that people hate Napoleon only because he led France. Specially the British say crap about him.

[Mistermax30]

@Deanboy2007 He came mighty close to buying the farm at Waterloo, not making the final purchase thanks to a drunken old man called Blucher :)...

[MrBond41]

isnt that malta?

[Narjoso]

@Deanboy2007

no flaming im swedish, but you know wellington did almost never face a French general alone :P if it was not the spanish who aided him it was the prussian, the austrians and the russian:P wellington said with own words at the battle of waterloo if the Pruissans dont come to aid us know we are all lost.

sry my bad english but i hope you understand my point of view:)

[africanchina1]

@Deanboy2007 fuck you... Wellington is no one compared to Napoleon. He didn't even have 1/10000 of Napoleon's genius, character and manhood

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 And a question, i really dont get modern British nationalists, you brag about your empire, yet you are defending yourselves if someone accuse you for imperialism , you are happy about your empire yet your former subjects now are occupying Britain it self, making Londoin Londonistan for eg as a British friend of mine told me, Strange psychic indeed

[joshtong1234]

@Napoleontas

Tell you guys what, Forget the past and live on the present

[thomas271104]

@Napoleontas

Come on dude, don't you see he's trolling?

Obvious troll is obvious

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 William of Orange was invited by a bunch of aristocrats and plutocrats not by the British and you forget tha another British James who was a stuart and much more British than william could ever be , was defeated in Boyne. Well it is an occupation but yes not an invasion, it is the switch from British to Dutch royalty.

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 By the way dont get me wrong, i like the british , i love british culture, i just dont like a behavior like yours for a period that you were so obviously on your back foot compared to the world conqueror French and to the genius of Napoleon

[Pikar100]

@Napoleontas Well said !!!!!!!

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 And because you said that the last invasion in England was in 1066 you forget william the third, you know the man from Holland?

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 Facts Wellington lost tactically at waterloo, wellington did NOTHING at waterloo he was just sitting upon his hill waiting for Blucher, Wellington gave the order to retreat to the ships, read Emil Ludwig he is clear on this, French were not cowards, especially at the Napoleonic age the ones who were running from them and paying the whole of Europe to fight against France, definitely were not the French. Most of the fighting at Waterloo was done by German allies. etc

[Deanboy2007]

Wrong. Amazing how you switch historical fact to suit your needs. Wellington did most of the fighting in Waterloo - and may I remind you, Wellington never lost to a French general. And shall I mention Nelson?

Britain = never suffered an invasion since 1066. The hardest island that's ever existed.

France = cowards. Need I say more? Thought not.

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 And technically when Napoleon entered the Iberian peninsula the British were running as fast as they could for their ships, that would include wellington also.

[Napoleontas]

@Deanboy2007 Well wellington lost to Napoleon you know, if Blucher wasnt there , his pieces would have still been at the battlefield of waterloo.

[Napoleonq8]

Great movie but the actor seems to be too tall to be Napoleon, he is almost the tallest among all actors.

[biagiotti2006]

Good miniseries, but a bit of an insult to use an English accent for Napoleon, he probably laughed in his grave.

[SpainBlood001]

i got stoned and i watched this with skull candy headphones.. and when 4:06-5:07 haha made me feel like the commander was talking to me lmfao

[mahakar11]

The English accent is terrible.

Could BBC not at least use some poorly faked French accent as it normaly does.

[Napoleontas]

@mahakar11 hahaha you are kidding right, an American whoms accent is the worst thing the english language has suffered is saying that the British accent is "terrible" the English accent is beyond competition with the american

[mamelucoderribado]

anybody with some balls can be a succesful general as history recalls of men withour serious education nor military training who succesfuly led revolutions and armies, as well as statesmen who armed only with common sense could lead their countries. But THE EMPEROR had one of the finest minds ever, an impressive IQ. He was a visionary, a brave and a genius in one man so small physically that his little body bursted with energy, He IS the greatest man to ever walk upon the earth. VIVE L'EMPEREUR!

[betincb]

Napoleon is a hero. Thanks him we latinamericans were able to begin our emancipation. Thanks Emperor!

[swimmy1000]

Its Sophie from Leverage?!! woah

[lxgiwylgta]

woahwoahwoah. at 2:25 did the soldiers just rape the girls cuz their pants are down (if anyone noticed) LOLOL o_o

[WCdragoninja]

@lxgiwylgta

Lol what the hell I noticed that too.

[scottbotics]

@lxgiwylgta OH MY GOD. LOL You are amazing for noticing that. Was that like a blooper or something? Maybe they they all really had to go piss? Well they did say france was on it's head... No pants in France? lololol

[BibbiBC]

Guillotines are AWESOME!

[soukupb]

4:32 oh shit i think thats Bear Grylls from man vs wild lol what the hell is he doin in the french revolution haha

[Napoleontas]

@sextusloverlord Were exactly did you heard that cause i knew that Napoleon had beaten wellington and was saved by the Prussians

[luckyD1993]

napoleon total war ftw

[Rebelcommander6]

Such proper British accents these French people have!! Its like I'm really there (This has probably been said hundreds of times)

[stump229]

by far the best of the series the other ones are all great too tho

[soukupb]

Napoleon Bonaprte. the only man i would ever proudly call my emperor!

[mercedesSLK2009man]

napoleon seems too tall in this film

[ulongkoror]

@mercedesSLK2009man

napoleon's heigth is WAY too overexgerrated

hes probably just like an inch shorter than most people,and his enemies tried to find something to make fun of him with,so they say oh hes a bit short.and over 200 years people just knew him as being short and some people think hes like 4 feet or something but he definitely wasnt a midget

[ImperialGuard9001]

When Napoleon took power there were no more Jacobines in power and such great slaing of people the "burguese" had taken power by then those are ones that Napoleon will take power from also Napoleon himself slain people for Republic he butcher mobs of royalists I dont think this Napoleon is realy anything like the real Napoleon.. Napoleon was neither hero or villain he was historical character and one great one he made great things but he slained a lot of people

[ant178]

nothing like english propaganda to tell you about French history... wow, biased goodness ENJOY YOU ENGLISH BASTARDS

[Napoleontas]

@sephannoj I accepted your comment just to portray to the world just how stupid the masses can be, so you are suggesting that jew is ONLY a religion not a nationality, then there is no jewish race a jewish group of people and a jewish country, then there is no israel, and obviously the jews inside Israel are not jews cause they are a religion, and they dont have a national army cause they are a religon, and their holy scripts are not describing the chosen people nor a national group? How idiot?

[corcaighrebel]

@Napoleontas - thank you for uploading, my Napoleon day continues!

[Natulcien1992]

Not just the king and aristocrats, also priests, nons, people who ever associated with aristocrats (such as their barbers) and people who said something that might be against the new regime....

[Freez57fr]

An other english documentary full of bullshits

01:55

Napoleon emperor of France??

Emperor OF THE FRENCH.

[Freez57fr]

After watching the part 1 until the end, this documentary is in fact very good (at least better than many others) ^^

[Evolutionaryera]

I'd seen this series in TV

It's probrably worst documentary of Napolean.

Kind of *lacking something/some info* program.

For watching BBC's, many times I have to aware myself that I'm watching entertaining program not pure documentary

[rangergxi]

French people sound British.

[yamumisac0w]

LOL it's Jane from Couplings!

[DuPuieproductions]

They couldn't have found a guy that wasn't American or looked like it?

Oh well, it still was good.

[yak5408]

Rob brydon being serious is so funny haha :)

[Napoleontas]

@sstuddert sometimes brothers kill each other for the siliest reason let alone more serious ones.

And africans or Asians are not equals with Aryan europeans, proof? Exclude the world whatever the aryan european race have created and then imagine what you will have, simple things especially comparing blacks with whites is RIDICULOUS

[Suppressingfire]

@Napoleontas well said mate, couldn't have said any better myself.

[Freez57fr]

@Napoleontas

You're right but I think asians (japanese, chinese) are equals to the aryan europeans. They built great civilisations and japan is a powerfull and developped coutry.

Asians can't be compared with the blacks.

[Napoleontas]

@Freez57fr Iam not talking about all the asians especially about the japanese, cause you refer to them, they are a great race with great culture and almost equals to the Aryan europeans,and iam a great admirer of their culture.

[philbox17]

@Freez57fr I believe that all men are equal.

[philbox17]

@Napoleontas you are racist and you should not call yourself Napoléon. I don't see why you admire a man that fought for liberty and equality. You believe some people are not equal because of the color of their skin...

[Napoleontas]

@sstuddert hahahahhahaha you are a clinic case and deserve pity.

[Napoleontas]

@sstuddert And there is no such thing as a German jew Einstein was a fanatical zionist he wasnt a german he only inhabited germany, as a matter of fact he was fiercely ANTIGERMAN

[Napoleontas]

@sstuddert Why you are so anxious about antisemitism? Are you a JEW?

[Napoleontas]

@sstuddert Einstein was not german he was a JEW

[zg76]

It's nicely done, for the beginning, let us see is there any substance!

[rainbowsixODST]

One quistion how did America come into this video I mean It's about Napolen not america.

[sunnyblack15]

Napoleon did not believe in GOD but he did believe in LUCK but the wiseman neglects nothing which helps his destiny ......

[ImperiumBritannica]

The Americans are a scouge to the world... With them gone we wouldn't be stuck in the political, and economic backwardness we are now.

[nino92]

am from the US but i have french in my family. and after seeing this and playing the game. ive started to be proud of my background. this man is the best and always will be

[TemplarX2]

@nino92 it's only now that you start being proud of your French ancestry/ You disgust me. the French is freaking race of genius, every other races are inferior.

[philbox17]

@TemplarX2 je suis d'origine française et je crois que tous les hommes sont égaux! Vive la liberté et l'égalité!

[philbox17]

@nino92 learn the history of New-France...

[revin219]

Why is Napoleon's mother shorter than him? She must have been short indeed! :D

[africanchina1]

@revin219

Yes, so I've heard she was.... around 1.50 m

[Freez57fr]

@africanchina1

Maybe you've heard these bullshits on a British book...

[Napoleontas]

I hate stupidness and i despise the brainwashed, so leave ME be , cause you are the one who is commenting on my videos

[LordFerrand]

@Napoleontas @Napoleontas Question, why be so hateful to those that are 'brainwashed' when they are just sheep with blinders that cannot discern the truth because their shepards see to it that they remain mindless. It is not their fault they are born into a capitalist regime that is America. A nation fallen far from God. My heritage is more French/German (Frank/Teutonic) than American. Show forgiveness and pity to those who are weak in mind and truth. That makes you more a king than a man.

[Napoleontas]

I also condemn your use of ridiculous phrases as "hateful agenda" as an idiotic display of ignorance

[Napoleontas]

I said a thousand times that i dont allow americans to comment on my videos for one more time a ridiculous brainwashed ,stupid, and hopelesly ridiculous american subhuman is making an equally hilarious comment, Reality is antisemitic and of course iam cause iam not a jew, and 2ndly of course iam a racist especialy when i have to do with monkeys like you.

[DarthFanta]

What? Napoleon wasn't a refugee, he was an aristocratic officer.

[Napoleontas]

No you are mistaking Napoleon was a Corsican refugee

[TemplarX2]

Yea because of his fight with the Corsican separatist Paoli. But French quickly took regain control of the island after.

[TemplarX2]

By the Napo, do you have more vid on the series. is Caesar and alexander part of the series?

[Kamadeva01]

he was corsican and he spoke italian...the french conquered it at one point.

he resented the french all his youth.

his family was aristocratic but of low importance.

[africanchina1]

@DarthFanta

he was a refugee... know and get educated before posting crap

[Napoleontas]

Ha thats ok my friend dont get upset you cannot imagine what i have came across on the internet, there were even person who were trying to say that Napoleon was a ,,,"democrat" hahahaha! Really hilarious things

[kranshteun]

Napoleon ! Viva the greatest man of all times!

[etterno93]

Napoléon parlant anglais ???

NAPOLEON HAISSAIT LES ANGLAIS ET CE SONT EUX QUI L'ONT TUé COMME IL L'A éCRIT SUR SON TESTAMENT.

Napoléon voulait la paix, ce sont les anglais qui l'ont refusé et ont financé la prusse, l'autriche, la russie, pour qu'ils continuent la guerre contre Napoléon. Et aujourd'hui, dans vos films, vous lui faites parler Anglais ? Pffff !!! Honte à vous !!! Napoléon doit s'en retourner dans son tombeau de voir ça !!!

AND FUCK YOU ENGLISH !!!

[TemplarX2]

c'est une production anglaise.

[gipcambero]

dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de sous titre

[DINORAWR444]

the guy at 6:11 was in Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World

[MECHITO1330]

its intresting how the french was full of warrior citizen brave people who fought for freedom and liberty.

an nowadays the french are full of liberal cowards who give it up like $5 dollar hookers.

[LeBonaparte]

@MECHITO1330

Haha and that comment comes from someone living in...the USA

Last time I checked France was the only country to have balls and speak its mind in frony the UN (and the USA)

[Napoleontas]

Even though i agree about the USA comment, i dont see how france or any other country in europe is capable of bragging about their modern situation, we are all decadent of course the last one to talk is one from usa but i dont see how this modern jewish ruled France full of africans has ANYTHING to do with the glorious france of the grand armee and Napoleon bonaparte

[gipcambero]

while Napoleon was conquering Europe, the White House was burnt by Canadians lol

[mwillis1000]

@gipcambero

Well, they were actually British canadians, but i know what you mean :P

[Freez57fr]

@MECHITO1330

"its intresting how the french was full of warrior citizen brave people who fought for freedom and liberty.

an nowadays the french are full of liberal cowards who give it up like $5 dollar hookers."

---> That's called "americanization".

[amoeders]

rofl at frenchmen speaking with a british accent

[TheWELSHGUARD]

Hey its Rob brydon

[MaxRWF]

This documentary is pure bullshit.

[PhilipineMan]

5,2 French feet is 5,6 English feet. But I believe Napoleon was 5,9.

[xr1983kr]

there is no1 who can be compared with N.

[alih15]

@xr1983kr Alexander the great?

[BARCACROSSESTHEALPS]

Hail Napoleon!

[TheCowboy1992]

This is amazing film of the start of Napoleon's path to crowning himself emperor of france and great battles that led to being a great general

[5B0YAKASHA5]

Today is his birthday. Hail the Emperor!

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Thank you for this!

George Vreeland Hill

[solsticedj]

Thanks for Uploading this :)

[kallistene40]

This being made by the BBC I wonder in which category Boney lays... I suspect he's not seen as a "hero"...

[5B0YAKASHA5]

"But with upheaval, came oportunity"- Exactly the truth. Every great leader gained victory through the general disorder around.

[seannyslow]

love this!!!

[xGamesAndStuffsx]

They should've made an entire series like this, from the beginning of Napoleons rule to the end.

[chris25fr]

Thanks for all these interesting videos.Just a detail,it is Toulon. And one can wonder what the english were doing there ?

In fact,they were in France illegally and took the side of the Royalists against the french Revolution.

[Napoleontas]

Bolsevism wasnt a jewish conspiracy but those who made it were JEW, marx , lenin trotsky ,etc etc etc.

Your way of thinking is indeed funny

[BVargas78]

may sound weird, but there could well be something in it :)

Still, off to play Empire Total War, i find that Napoleons tactic to dominate the centre of the battlefield does the trick :)

[givrauval]

What is Pompee Magnus doing with a perruque and a moustache, lol???

[codgamer]

lol good one! I was thinking why all the French have English accents. They should get actors that speak like Arsene! No, I am not the voyeur!

[gipcambero]

But as french people living in france, they have no accent, the documentary doesn't give you a foreign view, it tells from the inside

[smoky90210]

Thank god I found it!

[cainfft008]

omg! thank you!

i remember seeing this on TV, it caught my eye.

sat down and watched it and forgot the title (among the many napoleon stuff)

[nickgstonesixteen]

lol...

has anyone seen my hat?

[africanchina1]

excellent!

[africanchina1]

BEST MOVIE OPENING SCENE I HAVE EVER SEEN.. I'VE SEEN THIS VIDEO like at least 20 times.. i just can't get bored... it's so AMAZING! VIVA L'EMPEREUR!

[Napoleontas]

What is irrational? The truth sometimes can be irrational, what if i told you that 477 members of the 513 Bolshevik party WERE JEWS,Lenin was a jew Marx was a Jew Trotsky was a jew.What do you have to say about that? Even those who started the french revolution were MASONS

[Napoleontas]

he is absolutely right

[UserUK201]

Napoleon kicks arse

[ElysiumFilms]

Good video.