Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

The picture opens with Napoleon at Malmaison after the battle of Waterloo. He visits the room where Josephine died, enters slowly, walks sadly around, looks at her portrait, then sits in a chair and falls asleep. In successive visions he sees Marengo: The Austrians' charge. Napoleon, with his generals, passes. The "wall of granite" is impregnable. Napoleon, Emperor: The Coronation scene. Court assembled in Notre Dame. The Pope blesses Napoleon. He places the crown on his own head, then crowns Josephine. Austerlitz: Picturing Napoleon and his staff in the center. The Austrian generals approaching and surrendering their swords in token of defeat. Jena: Napoleon mounted on his famous white charger in the thick of battle. Friedland: The charge of the Cuirasseurs. Napoleon watching the battle through a telescope. Marriage With Marie Louise of Austria: Ceremony being performed by an Archbishop in the Grand Gallery of Louvre. Napoleon's mother, brothers and relations in attendance