Exiled French patriot helps to find the men who want to betray emperor Napoleon III by selling military secrets to the German government..


Should you watch Spy of Napoleon today? Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for movies that feel like they were filmed in a museum. If you’re a fan of period dramas or just really love watching 1930s actors try to look intensely suspicious while wearing heavy coats, you’ll have a grand time. If you need your spy m...
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Bruno Ziener
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"Should you watch Spy of Napoleon today? Honestly, that depends on your tolerance for movies that feel like they were filmed in a museum. If you’re a fan of period dramas or just really love watching 1930s actors try to look intensely suspicious while wearing heavy coats, you’ll have a grand time. If you need your spy movies to actually have some, you know, action, you’ll probably want to turn this off after the first ten minutes. The plot is exactly what you expect. It's all about traitors, sec..."

C. Denier Warren
Baroness Emmuska Orczy, Harold Simpson, Fred V. Merrick, L. du Garde Peach
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