Exhbition at The Bowes Museum concludes with epic film day

A FIVE-AND-A-HALF hour epic, often described as the greatest film ever, is to be screened during the culmination of an exhibition at The Bowes Museum.
The screening of the digitally remastered version of  Abel Gance’s 1927 masterpiece, Napoleon, at The Witham, in Barnard Castle, will mark the conclusion of the museum’s The Allure of Napoleon exhibition.
The exhibition contains a rare range of items from the museum’s collection that relate to Napoleon Bonaparte and the age he defined.
Working with The Witham arts centre, the museum is presenting the epic film in sections along with a buffet lunch and afternoon tea, on March 19.
Napoleon, a silent movie, features full scale historical recreations of episodes from the self-cast French emperor’s personal and political life, from the French Revolution to the beginning of the First Italian campaign.
It was originally conceived by its director as the first of six films about Napoleon.
The re-release is the culmination of a project spanning 50 years. Academy Award-winning film historian Kevin Brownlow and the BFI National Archive have completed a new digitally restored version and audiences can now experience the film complete with Carl Davis’s score.
Those who book early for the screening can present their ticket at The Bowes Museum to receive a free exhibition catalogue.
Tickets available in person at The Witham box office, or call 01833 631107.
They cost £14 and includes the buffet and afternoon tea.