Désirée poster
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 Brando
    Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Alan Napier
    Despreaux
  • Cameron Mitchell
    Joseph Bonaparte
  • Jean Simmons
    Desiree Clary
  • Michael Rennie
    Bernadotte
  • John Hoyt
    Talleyrand
  • Carolyn Jones
    Mme. Tallien
  • Merle Oberon
    Empress Josephine
  • Richard Deacon
    Etienne Clary
  • Gene Roth
    Von Essen