Désirée
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
1954-11-16 | 110 minutes
Plot Summary
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
Cast
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Marlon BrandoNapoleon Bonaparte
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Jean SimmonsDesiree Clary
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Merle OberonEmpress Josephine
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Michael RennieBernadotte
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Cameron MitchellJoseph Bonaparte
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Elizabeth SellarsJulie
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Charlotte AustinPaulette Bonaparte
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Cathleen NesbittMme. Bonaparte
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Evelyn VardenMarie
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Isobel ElsomMme. Clary
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John HoytTalleyrand
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Alan NapierDespreaux
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Leon AltonParty Guest (uncredited)
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Louis BorelBaron Morner (uncredited)
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Richard DeaconEtienne Clary
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Edith EvansonQueen Hedwig
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Bess FlowersAttendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball
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Carolyn JonesMme. Tallien
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Dorothy NeumannQueen Sofia
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