Writer Daniel Taradash
Director Henry Koster
Désirée
Tagline: The life...the women...the conquests of Napoleon!
Release Date: 1954-11-16
Duration: 110 minutes
Synopsis
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.
Casting
- Marlon BrandoNapoleon Bonaparte
- Alan NapierDespreaux
- Cameron MitchellJoseph Bonaparte
- Jean SimmonsDesiree Clary
- Michael RennieBernadotte
- John HoytTalleyrand
- Carolyn JonesMme. Tallien
- Merle OberonEmpress Josephine
- Richard DeaconEtienne Clary
- Gene RothVon Essen
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