SPOILERS!

[Dargo]

All right, a man returns to the country which falsely imprisoned him, only to find that it's being invaded.

Wouldn't have anything to do with Alfred Dreyfus, would it skimpole?

(...probably not though huh, and considering that WWI began 8 years after Dreyfus was exonerated)

[ziggy6708a]

The Count of Monte Cristo ?

[Dargo]

The Count of Monte Cristo ?

France wasn't invaded in 1839, when the novel ends.

skimpole, would it be kosher to ask if we're at least on the right track with the "France" thing here?

[Swithin]

Could it be Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)?

[ziggy6708a]

Could it be Abel Gance's Napoleon (1927)?

No.

How's about 1 new clue per guess??

[laffite]

Well, that narrows it down.

[Dargo]

'The Battle of Algiers' ???