Désirée
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Directed by Henry Koster
The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
The story
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General 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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Marlon BrandoNapoleon Bonaparte
Jean SimmonsDesiree Clary
Merle OberonEmpress Josephine
Michael RennieBernadotte
Cameron MitchellJoseph Bonaparte
Elizabeth SellarsJulie
Charlotte AustinPaulette Bonaparte
Cathleen NesbittMme. Bonaparte
Evelyn VardenMarie
Isobel ElsomMme. Clary
John HoytTalleyrand
Alan NapierDespreauxExplore the crew
- Director
- Henry Koster
- Writer
- Daniel Taradash
- Director of Photography
- Milton Krasner
- Original Music Composer
- Alex North
- Producer
- Julian Blaustein
- Editor
- William Reynolds