Marlon Brando
Napoleon Bonaparte
Désirée (1954)
"The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!"
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Overview
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.
Henry Koster
Director
Daniel Taradash
Writer
Top Billed Cast
Jean Simmons
Desiree Clary
Merle Oberon
Empress Josephine
Michael Rennie
Bernadotte
Cameron Mitchell
Joseph Bonaparte
Elizabeth Sellars
Julie
Charlotte Austin
Paulette Bonaparte
Cathleen Nesbitt
Mme. Bonaparte
Evelyn Varden
Marie
Isobel Elsom
Mme. Clary
John Hoyt
Talleyrand
Alan Napier
Despreaux
Leon Alton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Louis Borel
Baron Morner (uncredited)
Richard Deacon
Etienne Clary
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