Quotes from LH about this remarkable French silent are pretty thin on the ground.  It didn’t make the Guide until the second edition (receiving only two stars) and for some reason was overlooked as a significant work in the Filmgoer’s Companion, although it did feature in the section on films about Napoleon Bonaparte, where LH describes it as…

‘…noted for the first use of a triptych screen corresponding very closely to Cinerama.’

Director Abel Gance is also described as a…

‘Pioneer of widescreen techniques.’