Ridley Scott's film Napoleon (2023) is sometimes accused of insufficiently reflecting historical events and even making some mistakes. For example, the film allegedly gives incorrect birth dates for Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine Beauharnais. Many viewers are surprised by Josephine with a very short tousled haircut. However, there is actually more correspondence with historical facts in the film "Napoleon" than it seems at first glance.
00:00 - Vanessa Kirby as Josephine and portraits of Madame de Beauharnais
01:00 - it was Napoleon who began to call Rose de Beauharnais Josephine
01:47 - why the wrong dates of birth of Josephine and Napoleon were indicated in the marriage document
02:58 - who are incroyables (French les Incroyables) and merveilleuses (French les Merveilleuses)
03:58 - why Josephine’s hairstyle in Ridley Scott’s film “Napoleon” is called “guillotine victim”
07:11 - how the first short women's haircut à la Titus (“in the manner of Titus”) appeared in Europe
08:36 - about Josephine's adultery
11:29 - fashion for wet dresses and “muslin disease” as the probable cause of the death of Empress Josephine
14:49 - Josephine’s passion for botany and gardening
15:53 - how the famous Gonzaga cameo that belonged to Empress Josephine ended up in the Hermitage